diff --git a/configs/redmine-statuses-config.jsonc.dist b/configs/redmine-statuses-config.jsonc.dist
index 8c067f5..a8804fc 100644
--- a/configs/redmine-statuses-config.jsonc.dist
+++ b/configs/redmine-statuses-config.jsonc.dist
@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
-{
-  "redmine_statuses": [
-    {
-      "id": 1,
-      "name": "New"
-    },
-    {
-      "id": 2,
-      "name": "In Progress"
-    },
-    {
-      "id": 3,
-      "name": "Closed",
-      "is_closed": true
-    }
-    // ...
-  ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+[
+  {
+    "id": 1,
+    "name": "New"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": 2,
+    "name": "In Progress"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": 3,
+    "name": "Closed",
+    "is_closed": true
+  }
+  // ...
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/configs/app.ts b/src/configs/app.ts
index ca49fd1..ae976fb 100644
--- a/src/configs/app.ts
+++ b/src/configs/app.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { parse } from 'jsonc-parser';
 import { AppConfig } from 'src/models/app-config.model';
+import RedmineStatusesConfigLoader from './statuses.config';
 
 const redmineIssueEventEmitterConfig = RedmineIssueEventEmitterConfigLoader();
+const redmineStatusesConfig = RedmineStatusesConfigLoader();
 
 let appConfig: AppConfig;
 
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ export default (): AppConfig => {
 
   appConfig = {
     ...data,
+    redmineStatuses: redmineStatusesConfig,
     redmineIssueEventEmitterConfig: redmineIssueEventEmitterConfig,
   };
 
diff --git a/src/configs/statuses.config.ts b/src/configs/statuses.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b01d7d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/configs/statuses.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { StatusesConfig } from 'src/models/statuses-config.model';
+import { parse } from 'jsonc-parser';
+import { join } from 'path';
+import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
+
+let redmineStatues: StatusesConfig;
+
+export default (): StatusesConfig => {
+  if (redmineStatues) {
+    return redmineStatues;
+  }
+
+  const userDefinedConfigPath =
+    process.env['ELTEX_REDMINE_HELPER_STATUSES_CONFIG_PATH'];
+  const defaultConfigPath = join('configs', 'redmine-statuses-config.jsonc');
+  const configPath = userDefinedConfigPath || defaultConfigPath;
+
+  const rawData = readFileSync(configPath, { encoding: 'utf-8' });
+
+  redmineStatues = parse(rawData);
+
+  return redmineStatues;
+};
diff --git a/src/models/app-config.model.ts b/src/models/app-config.model.ts
index e0a9fb1..f5d9aba 100644
--- a/src/models/app-config.model.ts
+++ b/src/models/app-config.model.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import { MainConfigModel } from '@app/event-emitter/models/main-config-model';
+import { StatusesConfig } from './statuses-config.model';
 
 export type AppConfig = {
   redmineIssueEventEmitterConfig: MainConfigModel;
+  redmineStatuses: StatusesConfig;
   couchDb: {
     dbs: {
       changes: string;
diff --git a/src/models/statuses-config.model.ts b/src/models/statuses-config.model.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9366352
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/models/statuses-config.model.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export type StatusesConfig = {
+  id: number;
+  name: string;
+  is_closed?: boolean;
+}[];