diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0092763..0251da3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ json_files: srl_tagged_files
 
 srl_tagged_files: tsv_files
 	# cd tools/srl-20131216; ./scripts/parse_srl_only_mod.sh; cd -
-	cd tools/srl-20131216; ./tag_all.sh ../../data/kres_example_tsv ../../data/kres_example_srl
+	cd tools/srl-20131216; ./tag_all.sh
 
 tsv_files: tools/fillpred_model/model.pickle
 	cd tools; python3 parse_all.py
diff --git a/tools/gen_json.py b/tools/gen_json.py
index 72e7068..b8ba508 100644
--- a/tools/gen_json.py
+++ b/tools/gen_json.py
@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from parser.parser import Parser
-import json
+import configparser
 
+# defaults
 ORIGPATH = Path("../data/kres_example")  # we need the IDs
 INPATH = Path("../data/kres_example_srl")
 OUTPATH = Path("../data/kres_example_json")
 DEBUG = False
 
+# parse config
+config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+config.read("tools.cfg")
+ORIGPATH = Path(config["tools"]["kres_orig"])
+INPATH = Path(config["tools"]["kres_srl"])
+OUTPATH = Path(config["tools"]["kres_json"])
+DEBUG = bool(config["tools"]["debug"])
+
 def get_origfile(filename):
 	for origfile in ORIGPATH.iterdir():
 		if filename.name.split('.')[0] == origfile.name.split('.')[0]:
@@ -47,45 +56,43 @@ def get_dep_rel(token):
 	return None
 
 
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-
-	par = Parser()
-	OUTPATH.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+par = Parser()
+OUTPATH.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
 
-	for infile in [x for x in INPATH.iterdir() if x.is_file()]:
-		origfile = get_origfile(infile)
-		orig_dict = par.parse_tei(origfile)
+for infile in [x for x in INPATH.iterdir() if x.is_file()]:
+	origfile = get_origfile(infile)
+	orig_dict = par.parse_tei(origfile)
 
-		fp = infile.open("rb")
-		outdata = {}
-		for sentence_arr in extract_sentences(fp.readlines()):
-			# tsv dropped sentence ids, match the ID, using original data
-			sid = match_sentence_id(to_sentence(sentence_arr), orig_dict)
+	fp = infile.open("rb")
+	outdata = {}
+	for sentence_arr in extract_sentences(fp.readlines()):
+		# tsv dropped sentence ids, match the ID, using original data
+		sid = match_sentence_id(to_sentence(sentence_arr), orig_dict)
 
-			outdata[sid] = []
+		outdata[sid] = []
 
-			# find all predicate indices in the sentence
-			predicates = []
-			for token in sentence_arr:
-				if token[12] == "Y":
-					predicates += [token[0]]  # idx
+		# find all predicate indices in the sentence
+		predicates = []
+		for token in sentence_arr:
+			if token[12] == "Y":
+				predicates += [token[0]]  # idx
 
-				deprel = get_dep_rel(token)
-				if deprel is not None:
-					outdata[sid].append(deprel)
+			deprel = get_dep_rel(token)
+			if deprel is not None:
+				outdata[sid].append(deprel)
 
-			# deprel["from"] points to n-th predicate
-			# replace with predicate's token index
-			for deprel in outdata[sid]:
-				deprel["from"] = predicates[deprel["from"]]
+		# deprel["from"] points to n-th predicate
+		# replace with predicate's token index
+		for deprel in outdata[sid]:
+			deprel["from"] = predicates[deprel["from"]]
 
-			if DEBUG:
-				print(to_sentence(sentence_arr))
-				print(outdata[sid])
-				print(sid)
-				print()
-				print()
+		if DEBUG:
+			print(to_sentence(sentence_arr))
+			print(outdata[sid])
+			print(sid)
+			print()
+			print()
 
-		outfile = (OUTPATH / infile.name).with_suffix(".json")
-		# print(outdata)
-		json.dump(outdata, outfile.open("w"))
+	outfile = (OUTPATH / infile.name).with_suffix(".json")
+	# print(outdata)
+	json.dump(outdata, outfile.open("w"))
diff --git a/tools/parse_all.py b/tools/parse_all.py
index f6f67dc..1300afa 100644
--- a/tools/parse_all.py
+++ b/tools/parse_all.py
@@ -5,40 +5,45 @@ from pathlib import Path
 import re
 import sys
 import cProfile
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    # make sure you sanitize every input into unicode
-
-    SSJ500K_2_1 = 27829  # number of sentences
-    par = Parser()
-
-    """
-    print("parsing ssj")
-    ssj_file = "../data/ssj500k-sl.sample.xml"
-    ssj_dict = par.parse_tei(ssj_file)
-    # assert (len(ssj_dict) == 27829), "Parsed wrong number of sentences."
-    print("end parsing ssj")
-    """
-
-    print("parsing kres")
-    # kres_file = "../data/kres_example/F0019343.xml.parsed.xml"
-    kres_dir = Path("../data/kres_example/").resolve()
-
-    kres_out_dir = kres_dir.parent / (kres_dir.name + "_tsv")
-    kres_out_dir.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
-
-    for kres_file in [x for x in kres_dir.iterdir() if x.is_file()]:
-
-        print("Processing file: " + str(kres_file))
-        res_dict = par.parse_tei(kres_file)
-        kres_out_str = ""
-
-        for _, sentence in res_dict.items():
-            kres_out_str += par.to_conll_2009_SRL(sentence)
-
-        with (kres_out_dir / kres_file.name).with_suffix(".tsv").open("wb+") as fp:
-            fp.write(kres_out_str.encode("utf-8"))
-            fp.close()
-
-    print("end parsing kres")
+import configparser
+
+# some defaults
+INDIR = Path("../data/kres_example")
+OUTDIR = Path("../data/kres_example_tsv")
+
+SSJ500K_2_1 = 27829  # number of sentences
+par = Parser()
+
+# path to data
+config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+config.read("tools.cfg")
+INDIR = Path(config["tools"]["kres_orig"])
+OUTDIR = Path(config["tools"]["kres_tsv"])
+
+"""
+print("parsing ssj")
+ssj_file = "../data/ssj500k-sl.sample.xml"
+ssj_dict = par.parse_tei(ssj_file)
+# assert (len(ssj_dict) == 27829), "Parsed wrong number of sentences."
+print("end parsing ssj")
+"""
+
+print("parsing kres")
+# kres_file = "../data/kres_example/F0019343.xml.parsed.xml"
+OUTDIR.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+
+for kres_file in [x for x in INDIR.iterdir() if x.is_file()]:
+
+    print("Processing file: " + str(kres_file))
+    res_dict = par.parse_tei(kres_file)
+    longest_sent = max([len(e["tokens"]) for k, e in res_dict.items()])
+    print("Longest sentence: ", longest_sent)
+    kres_out_str = ""
+
+    for _, sentence in res_dict.items():
+        kres_out_str += par.to_conll_2009_SRL(sentence, longest_sent)
+
+    with (OUTDIR / kres_file.name).with_suffix(".tsv").open("wb+") as fp:
+        fp.write(kres_out_str.encode("utf-8"))
+        fp.close()
+print("end parsing kres")
diff --git a/tools/parser/parser.py b/tools/parser/parser.py
index 92c226c..d37b49c 100644
--- a/tools/parser/parser.py
+++ b/tools/parser/parser.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from parser.msd.msdmap import Msdmap
 import pickle
 from pathlib import Path
 from fillpred_model.step1 import build_model_row
+import sys
 
 class Parser:
     # reads a TEI xml file and returns a dictionary:
@@ -18,8 +19,12 @@ class Parser:
         self.W_TAGS = ['w']
         self.C_TAGS = ['c']
         self.S_TAGS = ['S', 'pc']
-        with Path("./fillpred_model/model.pickle").open("rb") as fp:
+        try:
+            fp = Path("./fillpred_model/model.pickle").open("rb")
             self.fillpred_model = pickle.load(fp)
+        except IOError:
+            print("Generate the model first: $ make tools/fillpred_mode/model.pickle")
+            sys.exit(1)
 
     def parse_tei(self, filepath):
 
diff --git a/tools/srl-20131216/tag_all.sh b/tools/srl-20131216/tag_all.sh
index 6f39eab..ec6cc5c 100755
--- a/tools/srl-20131216/tag_all.sh
+++ b/tools/srl-20131216/tag_all.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-IN_FOLDER="$1"
-OUT_FOLDER="$2"
+# parsing tools.cfg values
+IN_FOLDER="../$(sed -n -e 's/^\s*kres_tsv\s*=\s*//p' ../tools.cfg)"
+echo "input folder: $IN_FOLDER"
+OUT_FOLDER="../$(sed -n -e 's/^\s*kres_srl\s*=\s*//p' ../tools.cfg)"
+echo "output folder: $OUT_FOLDER"
+
 SUFFIX="srl.tsv"
 
 mkdir -p $OUT_FOLDER
diff --git a/tools/tools.cfg b/tools/tools.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2ed069
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tools.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[tools]
+kres_orig = ../data/kres_example
+kres_tsv = ../data/kres_example_tsv
+kres_srl = ../data/kres_example_srl
+kres_json = ../data/kres/example_json
+debug = False
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