diff --git a/copper/src/config.rs b/copper/src/config.rs
index 6b091f36e..b76215f35 100644
--- a/copper/src/config.rs
+++ b/copper/src/config.rs
@@ -1,20 +1,17 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::iter::Map;
-use std::path::Iter;
 
 use petgraph::dot::Config as PetConfig;
 use petgraph::dot::Dot;
-use petgraph::graph::NodeIndex;
-use petgraph::stable_graph::{NodeIndices, StableDiGraph};
+use petgraph::stable_graph::StableDiGraph;
 use ron::extensions::Extensions;
-use ron::value::Value as RonValue;
 use ron::Options;
+use ron::value::Value as RonValue;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use uom::si::rational::Time;
 use uom::si::time::nanosecond;
 
 pub type ConfigNodeId = u32;
-pub type NodeConfig = HashMap<String, Value>;
+pub type NodeInstanceConfig = HashMap<String, Value>;
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Value(RonValue);
@@ -82,7 +79,7 @@ pub struct ConfigNode {
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     base_period_ns: Option<isize>,
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
-    instance_config: Option<NodeConfig>,
+    instance_config: Option<NodeInstanceConfig>,
 }
 
 impl ConfigNode {
@@ -105,6 +102,10 @@ impl ConfigNode {
         self.type_name.as_ref().unwrap()
     }
 
+    pub fn get_instance_config(&self) -> Option<&NodeInstanceConfig> {
+        self.instance_config.as_ref()
+    }
+
     #[allow(dead_code)]
     pub fn base_period(&self) -> Option<Time> {
         self.base_period_ns
diff --git a/copper/src/cutask.rs b/copper/src/cutask.rs
index a6414a477..8e6290e5f 100644
--- a/copper/src/cutask.rs
+++ b/copper/src/cutask.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use crate::config::NodeConfig;
+use crate::config::NodeInstanceConfig;
+use crate::CuResult;
 
 // Everything that is stateful in copper for zero copy constraints need to be restricted to this trait.
 pub trait CuMsg: Default + Serialize + for<'a> Deserialize<'a> + Sized {}
@@ -8,18 +9,13 @@ pub trait CuMsg: Default + Serialize + for<'a> Deserialize<'a> + Sized {}
 // Also anything that follows this contract can be a message
 impl<T> CuMsg for T where T: Default + Serialize + for<'a> Deserialize<'a> + Sized {}
 
-pub type CuError = String;
-
-// Define your custom Result type alias
-pub type CuResult<T> = std::result::Result<T, CuError>;
-
 // Because of the Rust orphan rule, we need to define the common methods in a macro.
 // This can be cleaned up with a proc macro or with a negative impl
 // https://doc.rust-lang.org/beta/unstable-book/language-features/negative-impls.html when
 // they are stabilized.
 macro_rules! cu_task_common {
     () => {
-        fn new(config: NodeConfig) -> CuResult<Self>
+        fn new(config: Option<&NodeInstanceConfig>) -> CuResult<Self>
         where
             Self: Sized;
 
diff --git a/copper/src/lib.rs b/copper/src/lib.rs
index 0d03cff67..e62d04d59 100644
--- a/copper/src/lib.rs
+++ b/copper/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 pub mod config;
 pub mod cutask;
 pub mod serde;
+
+// Copper common error type.
+pub type CuError = String;
+pub type CuResult<T> = std::result::Result<T, CuError>;
diff --git a/copper_derive/src/lib.rs b/copper_derive/src/lib.rs
index ca43218c1..9cb3f923a 100644
--- a/copper_derive/src/lib.rs
+++ b/copper_derive/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 extern crate proc_macro;
 
-use copper::config::CopperConfig;
-use format::{highlight_rust_code, rustfmt_generated_code};
 use proc_macro::TokenStream;
+
 use proc_macro2::Ident;
 use quote::quote;
-use syn::meta::parser;
-use syn::punctuated::Punctuated;
-use syn::Fields::{Named, Unit, Unnamed};
 use syn::{
-    parse_macro_input, parse_quote, parse_str, Field, FieldMutability, ItemStruct, LitStr, Type,
-    TypeTuple,
+    Field, FieldMutability, ItemStruct, LitStr, parse_macro_input, parse_str, Type, TypeTuple,
 };
+use syn::Fields::{Named, Unit, Unnamed};
+use syn::meta::parser;
+use syn::punctuated::Punctuated;
+
+use copper::config::CopperConfig;
+use format::{highlight_rust_code, rustfmt_generated_code};
 
 mod format;
 mod utils;
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ pub fn copper_runtime(args: TokenStream, input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
         .expect("Expected config file attribute like #[CopperRuntime(config = \"path\")]")
         .value();
     let mut config_full_path = utils::caller_crate_root();
-    config_full_path.push(config_file);
+    config_full_path.push(&config_file);
     let config_content = std::fs::read_to_string(&config_full_path)
         .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("Failed to read configuration file: {:?}", &config_full_path));
 
@@ -44,12 +45,14 @@ pub fn copper_runtime(args: TokenStream, input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
     let all_node_configs = copper_config.get_all_nodes();
 
     // Collect all the type names used by our configs.
-    let all_configs_type_names = all_node_configs
+    let all_configs_type_names: Vec<String> = all_node_configs
         .iter()
-        .map(|node_config| node_config.get_type_name());
+        .map(|node_config| node_config.get_type_name().to_string())
+        .collect();
 
     // Transform them as Rust types
     let all_configs_types: Vec<Type> = all_configs_type_names
+        .iter()
         .map(|name| {
             println!("Found type: {}", name);
             parse_str(name).unwrap()
@@ -59,7 +62,7 @@ pub fn copper_runtime(args: TokenStream, input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
     // Build the tuple of all those types
     let tuple_types = TypeTuple {
         paren_token: Default::default(),
-        elems: Punctuated::from_iter(all_configs_types),
+        elems: Punctuated::from_iter(all_configs_types.clone()),
     };
 
     // add that to a new field
@@ -86,10 +89,54 @@ pub fn copper_runtime(args: TokenStream, input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
         }
     };
 
+    // Generate the code to create instances of the nodes
+    // It maps the types to their index
+    let node_instances_init_code: Vec<_> = all_configs_types
+        .iter()
+        .enumerate()
+        .map(|(index, ty)| {
+            let ty_name = &all_configs_type_names[index];
+            let error = format!(
+                "Failed to get create instance for {}, instance index {}.",
+                ty_name, index
+            );
+            quote! {
+                #ty::new(all_instances_configs[#index]).expect(#error)
+            }
+        })
+        .collect();
+
     // Convert the modified struct back into a TokenStream
     let result = quote! {
+        use copper::config::ConfigNode;
+        use copper::config::CopperConfig;
+        use copper::config::NodeInstanceConfig;
+        use copper::cutask::CuSrcTask; // Needed for the instantiation of tasks
+        use copper::cutask::CuTask; // Needed for the instantiation of tasks
+        use copper::cutask::CuSinkTask; // Needed for the instantiation of tasks
+        use copper::CuResult;
+        use std::fs::read_to_string;
+
         pub #item_struct
+
         impl #name {
+
+            pub fn new() -> CuResult<Self> {
+                let config_filename = #config_file;
+
+                let config_content = read_to_string(config_filename)
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("Failed to read configuration file: {:?}", &config_filename));
+                let copper_config = CopperConfig::deserialize(&config_content);
+                let all_instances_configs: Vec<Option<&NodeInstanceConfig>>  = copper_config.get_all_nodes().iter().map(|node_config| node_config.get_instance_config()).collect();
+
+                let node_instances = (
+                    #(#node_instances_init_code),*
+                );
+                Ok(#name {
+                    node_instances,
+                })
+            }
+
             pub fn hello(&self) {
                 println!("Hello from CopperRuntime");
             }
diff --git a/copper_derive_test/Cargo.toml b/copper_derive_test/Cargo.toml
index 72f6768e4..088876775 100644
--- a/copper_derive_test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/copper_derive_test/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 copper-derive = { path = "../copper_derive" }
 simplelogger = { path = "../examples/simplelogger" }
 v4lsrc = { path = "../examples/v4lsrc" }
+copper = { path = "../copper" }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 copper = { path = "../copper" }
diff --git a/copper_derive_test/copperconfig.ron b/copper_derive_test/copperconfig.ron
index a6d5123f3..f2a4eee9c 100644
--- a/copper_derive_test/copperconfig.ron
+++ b/copper_derive_test/copperconfig.ron
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
                 type_name: "v4lsrc::Video4LinuxSource",
                 base_period_ns: 1000000000,
                 instance_config: {
-                    "device": "/dev/video0",
+                    "dev": "/dev/video0",
                 },
             ),
             (
diff --git a/copper_derive_test/src/main.rs b/copper_derive_test/src/main.rs
index f90b9c9c9..ccd2ded45 100644
--- a/copper_derive_test/src/main.rs
+++ b/copper_derive_test/src/main.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ use copper_derive::copper_runtime;
 struct MyRuntime {}
 
 fn main() {
-    let runtime = MyRuntime{node_instances: (1,2)};
+    let runtime = MyRuntime::new().expect("Failed to create runtime.");
     runtime.hello();
 }
diff --git a/examples/simplelogger/src/lib.rs b/examples/simplelogger/src/lib.rs
index 78e7fbce5..ae07e2480 100644
--- a/examples/simplelogger/src/lib.rs
+++ b/examples/simplelogger/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::Write;
 
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-
-use copper::config::NodeConfig;
-use copper::cutask::{CuResult, CuSinkTask};
+use copper::config::NodeInstanceConfig;
+use copper::CuResult;
+use copper::cutask::CuSinkTask;
 use v4lsrc::ImageMsg;
 
 pub struct SimpleLogger {
@@ -15,10 +14,12 @@ pub struct SimpleLogger {
 impl CuSinkTask for SimpleLogger {
     type Input = ImageMsg;
 
-    fn new(config: NodeConfig) -> CuResult<Self>
+    fn new(config: Option<&NodeInstanceConfig>) -> CuResult<Self>
     where
         Self: Sized,
     {
+        let config = config
+            .ok_or_else(|| "SimpleLogger needs a config, None was passed as NodeInstanceConfig")?;
         let path = (*config.get("path").unwrap()).clone().into();
         Ok(SimpleLogger {
             path,
diff --git a/examples/v4lsrc/src/lib.rs b/examples/v4lsrc/src/lib.rs
index 7c5c00139..a25b5b599 100644
--- a/examples/v4lsrc/src/lib.rs
+++ b/examples/v4lsrc/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ use linux_video::{Device, Stream};
 use linux_video::types::*;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use copper::config::NodeConfig;
-use copper::cutask::{CuResult, CuSrcTask};
+use copper::config::NodeInstanceConfig;
+use copper::CuResult;
+use copper::cutask::CuSrcTask;
 use copper::serde::arrays;
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -47,11 +48,19 @@ pub struct Video4LinuxSource {
 impl CuSrcTask for Video4LinuxSource {
     type Msg = ImageMsg;
 
-    fn new(config: NodeConfig) -> CuResult<Self>
+    fn new(config: Option<&NodeInstanceConfig>) -> CuResult<Self>
     where
         Self: Sized,
     {
-        let dev: String = (*config.get("dev").unwrap()).clone().into();
+        let config = config.ok_or_else(|| {
+            "Video4LinuxSource needs a config, None was passed as NodeInstanceConfig"
+        })?;
+
+        let dev: String = (*config
+            .get("dev")
+            .expect("v4lsrc expects a dev config value pointing to the video device"))
+        .clone()
+        .into();
         let device = Device::open(dev).unwrap();
         Ok(Video4LinuxSource {
             device,
@@ -94,7 +103,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn emulate_runtime() -> CuResult<()> {
         println!("Build config");
-        let config = NodeConfig::default();
+        let config = NodeInstanceConfig::default();
         println!("Build task");
         let mut task = Video4LinuxSource::new(config)?;
         println!("Build img");