diff --git a/active_bots/mailbot.py b/active_bots/mailbot.py
index a98872a..a11231f 100644
--- a/active_bots/mailbot.py
+++ b/active_bots/mailbot.py
@@ -20,14 +20,13 @@ class Mailbot(object):
     other bots that it received mails.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, uid, db):
+    def __init__(self, uid):
         """
         Creates a Bot who listens to mails and forwards them to other
         bots.
 
-        :param config: (dictionary) config.toml as a dictionary of dictionaries
         """
-        self.user = User(db, uid)
+        self.user = User(uid)
 
         try:
             self.last_mail = self.user.get_seen_mail()
@@ -115,7 +114,7 @@ class Mailbot(object):
 
         :param status: (report.Report object)
         """
-        mailer = sendmail.Mailer(config)
+        mailer = sendmail.Mailer()
         mailer.send(status.format(), self.mailinglist,
                     "Warnung: Kontrolleure gesehen")
 
diff --git a/active_bots/twitterbot.py b/active_bots/twitterbot.py
index 787cdfb..065da45 100755
--- a/active_bots/twitterbot.py
+++ b/active_bots/twitterbot.py
@@ -24,16 +24,13 @@ class TwitterBot(object):
     last_mention: the ID of the last tweet which mentioned you
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, uid, db):
+    def __init__(self, uid):
         """
         Initializes the bot and loads all the necessary data.
 
-        :param config: (dictionary) config.toml as a dictionary of dictionaries
-        :param history_path: Path to the file with ID of the last retweeted
             Tweet
         """
-        self.db = db
-        self.user = User(db, uid)
+        self.user = User(uid)
 
         # initialize API access
         keys = self.get_api_keys()
diff --git a/sendmail.py b/sendmail.py
index df91d1d..93028d9 100755
--- a/sendmail.py
+++ b/sendmail.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import smtplib
 import ssl
+from config import config
 from email.mime.text import MIMEText
 from email.mime.application import MIMEApplication
 from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
@@ -12,13 +13,12 @@ class Mailer(object):
     Maintains the connection to the mailserver and sends text to users.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, config):
+    def __init__(self):
         """
         Creates an SMTP client to send a mail. Is called only once
         when you actually want to send a mail. After you sent the
         mail, the SMTP client is shut down again.
 
-        :param config: The config file generated from config.toml
         """
         # This generates the From address by stripping the part until the first
         # period from the mail server address and won't work always.
@@ -65,9 +65,5 @@ class Mailer(object):
 
 # For testing:
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    import prepare
-
-    config = prepare.get_config()
-
-    m = Mailer(config)
+    m = Mailer()
     print(m.send("This is a test mail.", m.fromaddr, "Test"))
diff --git a/user.py b/user.py
index c4e99e4..ce95cd3 100644
--- a/user.py
+++ b/user.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class User(object):
         return jwt.encode({
                 'email': email,
                 'uid': self.uid
-            }, self.secret).decode('ascii')
+            }, db.secret).decode('ascii')
 
     def is_appropriate(self, report):
         db.execute("SELECT pattern FROM triggerpatterns WHERE user_id=?;",