diff --git a/pkg/alerting/alert_manager.go b/pkg/alerting/alert_manager.go
index 5fb040243..0d836ce93 100644
--- a/pkg/alerting/alert_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/alerting/alert_manager.go
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ package alerting
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
-	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 	"time"
@@ -82,12 +80,7 @@ func NewAlertManager(alertProfile string, prometheusClient *prometheus.Prometheu
 }
 
 func (a *AlertManager) readProfile(alertProfile string) error {
-	var f io.Reader
-	f, err := os.Open(alertProfile)
-	// If the alertProfile file does not exist we try to read it from an URL
-	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		f, err = util.ReadURL(alertProfile)
-	}
+	f, err := util.ReadConfig(alertProfile)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Error reading alert profile %s: %s", alertProfile, err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/burner/create.go b/pkg/burner/create.go
index b23569cda..9fe95ebdb 100644
--- a/pkg/burner/create.go
+++ b/pkg/burner/create.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
-	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -59,11 +58,7 @@ func setupCreateJob(jobConfig config.Job) Executor {
 			continue
 		}
 		log.Debugf("Processing template: %s", o.ObjectTemplate)
-		f, err = os.Open(o.ObjectTemplate)
-		// If the template file does not exist we try to read it from an URL
-		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-			f, err = util.ReadURL(o.ObjectTemplate)
-		}
+		f, err = util.ReadConfig(o.ObjectTemplate)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("Error reading template %s: %s", o.ObjectTemplate, err)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index a929aa4e7..bb3d2eb1d 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
@@ -67,12 +66,7 @@ func (j *Job) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
 
 // Parse parses configuration file
 func Parse(c string, jobsRequired bool) error {
-	var f io.Reader
-	f, err := os.Open(c)
-	// If the config file does not exist we try to read it from an URL
-	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		f, err = util.ReadURL(c)
-	}
+	f, err := util.ReadConfig(c)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error reading configuration file %s: %s", c, err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/prometheus/prometheus.go b/pkg/prometheus/prometheus.go
index 957207e4c..5169afa71 100644
--- a/pkg/prometheus/prometheus.go
+++ b/pkg/prometheus/prometheus.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"math"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -126,12 +125,7 @@ func (p *Prometheus) verifyConnection() error {
 
 // ReadProfile reads and parses metric profile configuration
 func (p *Prometheus) ReadProfile(metricsProfile string) error {
-	var f io.Reader
-	f, err := os.Open(metricsProfile)
-	// If the metricsProfile file does not exist we try to read it from an URL
-	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		f, err = util.ReadURL(metricsProfile)
-	}
+	f, err := util.ReadConfig(metricsProfile)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Error reading metrics profile %s: %s", metricsProfile, err)
 	}
@@ -150,7 +144,7 @@ func (p *Prometheus) ScrapeMetrics(start, end time.Time, indexer *indexers.Index
 	return err
 }
 
-// ScrapeMetrics gets all prometheus metrics required and handles them
+// ScrapeJobsMetrics gets all prometheus metrics required and handles them
 func (p *Prometheus) ScrapeJobsMetrics(jobList []burner.Executor, indexer *indexers.Indexer) error {
 	start := jobList[0].Start
 	end := jobList[len(jobList)-1].End
diff --git a/pkg/util/url_reader.go b/pkg/util/url_reader.go
index 9b2d63d7a..0cd1cae3a 100644
--- a/pkg/util/url_reader.go
+++ b/pkg/util/url_reader.go
@@ -19,12 +19,25 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/cloud-bulldozer/kube-burner/log"
 )
 
-// TODO: this function should open a file and fallback to URL if not found
+// ReadConfig reads configuration from the given path or URL
+func ReadConfig(configFile string) (io.Reader, error) {
+	var f io.Reader
+	f, err := os.Open(configFile)
+	// If the template file does not exist we try to read it from an URL
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		log.Warnf("Configuration file %s not found, trying to read from URL", configFile)
+		f, err = readURL(configFile)
+	}
+	return f, err
+}
 
-// ReadURL reads an URL and returns a reader
-func ReadURL(stringURL string) (io.Reader, error) {
+// readURL reads an URL and returns a reader
+func readURL(stringURL string) (io.Reader, error) {
 	var body io.Reader
 	u, err := url.Parse(stringURL)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -40,6 +53,5 @@ func ReadURL(stringURL string) (io.Reader, error) {
 	if r.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
 		return body, fmt.Errorf("Error requesting %s: %d", u, r.StatusCode)
 	}
-	body = r.Body
-	return body, nil
+	return r.Body, nil
 }