diff --git a/converters/template.py b/converters/template.py
index 2fa9b08..14d8ec4 100755
--- a/converters/template.py
+++ b/converters/template.py
@@ -207,6 +207,14 @@ class ConverterTemplate(Configurable):
                     dictionnary
                     """
             )
+
+    tex_environement = Bool(False,
+            config=True,
+            help=""" is this a tex environment or not """)
+
+    template_file = Unicode('',
+            config=True,
+            help=""" whetever """ )
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Instance-level attributes that are set in the constructor for this
     # class.
@@ -221,7 +229,7 @@ class ConverterTemplate(Configurable):
             if fmt in output:
                 return [fmt]
 
-    def __init__(self, tplfile='fullhtml', preprocessors=[], config=None,tex_environement=False, **kw):
+    def __init__(self, preprocessors=[], config=None, **kw):
         """
         tplfile : jinja template file to process.
 
@@ -232,8 +240,8 @@ class ConverterTemplate(Configurable):
 
         """
         super(ConverterTemplate, self).__init__(config=config, **kw)
-        self.env = texenv if tex_environement else env
-        self.ext = '.tplx' if tex_environement else '.tpl'
+        self.env = texenv  if self.tex_environement else env
+        self.ext = '.tplx' if self.tex_environement else '.tpl'
         self.nb = None
         self.preprocessors = preprocessors
         self.preprocessors.append(haspyout_transformer)
@@ -250,7 +258,7 @@ class ConverterTemplate(Configurable):
         self.env.filters['ansi2html'] = ansi2html
         self.env.filters['markdown2latex'] = markdown2latex
 
-        self.template = self.env.get_template(tplfile+self.ext)
+        self.template = self.env.get_template(self.template_file+self.ext)
 
 
 
diff --git a/profile/full_html.nbcv b/profile/full_html.nbcv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fce99c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profile/full_html.nbcv
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+c = get_config()
+
+c.ConverterTemplate.extract_figures=False
+c.ConverterTemplate.template_file='fullhtml'
+c.ConverterTemplate.tex_environement=False
diff --git a/profile/latex_base.nbcv b/profile/latex_base.nbcv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a16e9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profile/latex_base.nbcv
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+c = get_config()
+
+c.ConverterTemplate.extract_figures=False
+c.ConverterTemplate.template_file='latex_base'
+c.ConverterTemplate.tex_environement=True
diff --git a/runme.py b/runme.py
index b10908a..e7e1d32 100755
--- a/runme.py
+++ b/runme.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 import sys
 import io
+import os
 
 from converters.template import *
 from converters.template import ConverterTemplate
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ from converters.html import ConverterHTML
 
 # All the stuff needed for the configurable things
 from IPython.config.application import Application
+from IPython.config.loader import ConfigFileNotFound
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import List, Unicode, Type, Bool, Dict, CaselessStrEnum
 
 
@@ -24,10 +26,23 @@ class NbconvertApp(Application):
         self.classes.insert(0,ConverterTemplate)
         # ensure those are registerd
 
+    def load_config_file(self, profile_name):
+        try:
+            Application.load_config_file(
+                self,
+                profile_name+'.nbcv',
+                path=[os.path.join(os.getcwdu(),'profile')]
+            )
+        except ConfigFileNotFound:
+            self.log.warn("Config file for profile '%s' not found, giving up ",profile_name)
+            exit(1)
+
 
     def initialize(self, argv=None):
         self.parse_command_line(argv)
         cl_config = self.config
+        profile_file = sys.argv[1]
+        self.load_config_file(profile_file)
         self.update_config(cl_config)
 
 
@@ -45,7 +60,6 @@ class NbconvertApp(Application):
             tex_environement=False
 
         C = ConverterTemplate(tplfile=sys.argv[1],
-                tex_environement=tex_environement,
                 config=self.config)
         C.read(ipynb_file)