diff --git a/VIRTUAL_VACATION/vacation.pl b/VIRTUAL_VACATION/vacation.pl
index 4b55333..eb37755 100755
--- a/VIRTUAL_VACATION/vacation.pl
+++ b/VIRTUAL_VACATION/vacation.pl
@@ -22,28 +22,42 @@ use Getopt::Std;
 use DBI;
 use POSIX qw(strftime);
 
+# -c = location of the SQL config file for OpenSMTPD
+# -l = logging of virtual vacation parsed report/filter streams and decisions
+# -v = verbose (extra flag) logging of report stream
+# -d = debug (extra flag) logging of filter stream
+getopts('c:lvd');
+our($opt_c, $opt_l, $opt_v, $opt_d);
+
 my $db_type = 'MariaDB';
 my $db_host = '';
 my $db_user = '';
 my $db_pass = '';
 my $db_name = '';
 
-# -l = logging of virtual vacation parsed report/filter streams and decisions
-# -v = verbose (extra flag) logging of report stream
-# -d = debug (extra flag) logging of filter stream
-getopts('lvd');
-our($opt_l, $opt_v, $opt_d);
-
-my $email = "";
-my $from = "";
-my %ooo;
-my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:$db_type:$db_name:$db_host", "$db_user", "$db_pass", {RaiseError => 1});
-sub doquery {
-	my ($query) = @_;
-	my $sth = $dbh->prepare($query);
-	$sth->execute;
-	return $sth;
+if ($opt_c && -e $opt_c) { 
+	open (my $fh_config, '<', $opt_c);
+	while (my $line = <$fh_config>) {
+		chomp $line;
+		if ($line =~ /^host\s+(.*)$/) { $db_host = $1; }
+		if ($line =~ m/^username\s+(.*)$/) { $db_user = $1; }
+		if ($line =~ m/^password\s+(.*)$/) { $db_pass = $1; }
+		if ($line =~ m/^database\s+(.*)$/) { $db_name = $1; }
+	}
+	close $fh_config;
+} else {
+	print "ERROR: UNABLE TO LOCATE CONFIG FILE!\n";
+	exit 1;
 }
+
+my %ooo;
+my $email = '';
+my $from = '';
+my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:$db_type:$db_name:$db_host", "$db_user", "$db_pass", {RaiseError => 1});
+my $selvacation = $dbh->prepare("SELECT subject,body FROM vacation WHERE email=? and active='1'");
+my $selcache = $dbh->prepare("SELECT cache FROM vacation WHERE email=? AND FIND_IN_SET(?, cache)");
+my $upcache = $dbh->prepare("UPDATE vacation SET cache=CONCAT(cache,',',?) WHERE email=?");
+
 sub dolog {
 	my ($fh, $msg, $opt) = @_;
 	print $fh (POSIX::strftime("%h %d %H:%M:%S ", localtime) . "Virtual Vacation: $msg\n") if ($opt);
@@ -96,16 +110,24 @@ while (my $line = <>) {
 		}
 		if ($line =~ m/data-line/ && $data eq '.' && $ooo{$sid} == 1) {
 			dolog($fh, "$sid to: $email, from: $from", $opt_l);
-			my $sth = doquery(qq{SELECT subject,body FROM vacation WHERE email=} . $dbh->quote($email) . qq{ and active=1});
-			my $rv = $sth->rows;
-			if ($rv == 1) {
+			$selvacation->bind_param(1, $email);
+			$selvacation->execute;
+
+			if ($selvacation->rows == 1) {
 				dolog($fh, "$sid found OOO for $email", $opt_l);
-				my @vacation_msg = $sth->fetchrow_array;
-				$sth = doquery(qq{SELECT cache FROM vacation WHERE email=} . $dbh->quote($email) . qq{AND FIND_IN_SET(} . $dbh->quote($from) . qq{,cache)});
-				$rv = $sth->rows;
-				if ($rv == 0) {
+				my @vacation_msg = $selvacation->fetchrow_array;
+
+				$selcache->bind_param(1, $email);
+				$selcache->bind_param(2, $from);
+				$selcache->execute;
+
+				if ($selcache->rows == 0) {
 					dolog($fh, "$sid sending OOO to $from", $opt_l);
-					$sth = doquery(qq{UPDATE vacation SET cache=CONCAT(cache,',',} . $dbh->quote($from) . qq{) WHERE email=} . $dbh->quote($email));
+
+					$upcache->bind_param(1, $from);
+					$upcache->bind_param(2, $email);
+					$upcache->execute;
+
 					open my $fh_email, "|-", "/usr/sbin/sendmail -t";
 					print $fh_email "From: $email\n";
 					print $fh_email "To: $from\n";;