diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 5c6eb172..25766f19 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # version 0.73.3-SNAPSHOT
 
 - Remove corpusQuery param in the statistics web-service (close #758).
+- Moved NamedVCLoader to the init package.
 
 # version 0.73.2
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/init/Initializator.java b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/init/Initializator.java
index 17782d81..fbcca0e3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/init/Initializator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/init/Initializator.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.cache.VirtualCorpusCache;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.config.FullConfiguration;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.config.KustvaktConfiguration;
-import de.ids_mannheim.korap.config.NamedVCLoader;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.constant.OAuth2Scope;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.exceptions.KustvaktException;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.oauth2.dao.AccessScopeDao;
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/config/NamedVCLoader.java b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/init/NamedVCLoader.java
similarity index 98%
rename from src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/config/NamedVCLoader.java
rename to src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/init/NamedVCLoader.java
index 968d8d27..cbd9fb59 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/config/NamedVCLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/init/NamedVCLoader.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package de.ids_mannheim.korap.config;
+package de.ids_mannheim.korap.init;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.cache.VirtualCorpusCache;
+import de.ids_mannheim.korap.config.FullConfiguration;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.constant.QueryType;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.constant.ResourceType;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.entity.QueryDO;
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/VirtualCorpusAdminController.java b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/VirtualCorpusAdminController.java
index b4946fb2..0613a47d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/VirtualCorpusAdminController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/VirtualCorpusAdminController.java
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
 
-import de.ids_mannheim.korap.config.NamedVCLoader;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.constant.QueryType;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.constant.ResourceType;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.dto.QueryDto;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.exceptions.KustvaktException;
+import de.ids_mannheim.korap.init.NamedVCLoader;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.service.QueryService;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.web.KustvaktResponseHandler;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.web.filter.APIVersionFilter;
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/cache/NamedVCLoaderTest.java b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/cache/NamedVCLoaderTest.java
index 4f5b013a..35a15bd7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/cache/NamedVCLoaderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/cache/NamedVCLoaderTest.java
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.collection.DocBits;
-import de.ids_mannheim.korap.config.NamedVCLoader;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.config.SpringJerseyTest;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.dao.QueryDao;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.entity.QueryDO;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.exceptions.KustvaktException;
+import de.ids_mannheim.korap.init.NamedVCLoader;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.util.QueryException;
 
 public class NamedVCLoaderTest extends SpringJerseyTest {
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/rewrite/VirtualCorpusRewriteTest.java b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/rewrite/VirtualCorpusRewriteTest.java
index f0ea66c7..f35096c8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/rewrite/VirtualCorpusRewriteTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/rewrite/VirtualCorpusRewriteTest.java
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.authentication.http.HttpAuthorizationHandler;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.cache.VirtualCorpusCache;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.config.Attributes;
-import de.ids_mannheim.korap.config.NamedVCLoader;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.config.SpringJerseyTest;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.dao.QueryDao;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.entity.QueryDO;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.exceptions.KustvaktException;
+import de.ids_mannheim.korap.init.NamedVCLoader;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.util.QueryException;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.utils.JsonUtils;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response;
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/VirtualCorpusFieldTest.java b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/VirtualCorpusFieldTest.java
index 27c527d7..a600bbaf 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/VirtualCorpusFieldTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/VirtualCorpusFieldTest.java
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.authentication.http.HttpAuthorizationHandler;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.cache.VirtualCorpusCache;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.config.Attributes;
-import de.ids_mannheim.korap.config.NamedVCLoader;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.dao.QueryDao;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.entity.QueryDO;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.exceptions.KustvaktException;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.exceptions.StatusCodes;
+import de.ids_mannheim.korap.init.NamedVCLoader;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.util.QueryException;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.utils.JsonUtils;
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/VirtualCorpusReferenceTest.java b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/VirtualCorpusReferenceTest.java
index 5c53e177..3618c3ab 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/VirtualCorpusReferenceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/VirtualCorpusReferenceTest.java
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.authentication.http.HttpAuthorizationHandler;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.cache.VirtualCorpusCache;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.config.Attributes;
-import de.ids_mannheim.korap.config.NamedVCLoader;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.config.SpringJerseyTest;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.dao.QueryDao;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.entity.QueryDO;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.exceptions.KustvaktException;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.exceptions.StatusCodes;
+import de.ids_mannheim.korap.init.NamedVCLoader;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.util.QueryException;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.utils.JsonUtils;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.client.Entity;