diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index a1b8f245..27255a25 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ GEM
     addressable (2.7.0)
       public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 5.0)
     ast (2.4.0)
-    backports (3.17.0)
+    backports (3.17.1)
     byebug (10.0.2)
     coderay (1.1.2)
     concurrent-ruby (1.1.6)
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ GEM
     nokogiri (1.9.1)
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.4.0)
     parallel (1.19.1)
-    parser (2.7.1.0)
+    parser (2.7.1.1)
       ast (~> 2.4.0)
-    pry (0.13.0)
+    pry (0.13.1)
       coderay (~> 1.1)
       method_source (~> 1.0)
     public_suffix (3.1.1)
diff --git a/lib/openc_bot.rb b/lib/openc_bot.rb
index e24fe5c5..6efab0f2 100644
--- a/lib/openc_bot.rb
+++ b/lib/openc_bot.rb
@@ -84,17 +84,21 @@ def statsd_namespace
       StatsD.server = "sys1:8125"
       StatsD.logger = Logger.new("/dev/null") if bot_env != :production
 
-      if respond_to?(:inferred_jurisdiction_code) && inferred_jurisdiction_code
-        "fetcher_bot.#{bot_env}.#{inferred_jurisdiction_code}"
-      elsif is_a?(Module)
-        "fetcher_bot.#{bot_env}.#{name.downcase}"
-      else
-        "fetcher_bot.#{bot_env}.#{self.class.name.downcase}"
-      end
+      "fetcher_bot.#{bot_env}.#{jurisdiction_code}"
         .sub("companiesfetcher", "")
     end
   end
 
+  def jurisdiction_code
+    if respond_to?(:inferred_jurisdiction_code) && inferred_jurisdiction_code
+      inferred_jurisdiction_code
+    elsif is_a?(Module)
+      name.downcase
+    else
+      self.class.name.downcase
+    end
+  end
+
   def db_name
     if is_a?(Module)
       "#{name.downcase}.db"
diff --git a/lib/openc_bot/company_fetcher_bot.rb b/lib/openc_bot/company_fetcher_bot.rb
index 8a170131..37c64cae 100644
--- a/lib/openc_bot/company_fetcher_bot.rb
+++ b/lib/openc_bot/company_fetcher_bot.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 require "openc_bot/helpers/incremental_search"
 require "openc_bot/helpers/alpha_search"
 require "openc_bot/helpers/reporting"
+require "openc_bot/config"
 
 module OpencBot
   module CompanyFetcherBot
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ module CompanyFetcherBot
     include OpencBot::Helpers::IncrementalSearch
     include OpencBot::Helpers::AlphaSearch
     include OpencBot::Helpers::Reporting
+    include OpencBot::Config
 
     STDOUT.sync = true
     STDERR.sync = true
diff --git a/lib/openc_bot/config.rb b/lib/openc_bot/config.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71b2a965
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/openc_bot/config.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+require "json"
+require "net/http"
+require "ostruct"
+
+module OpencBot
+  # This is called from company_fetcher_bot
+  module Config
+    BOTS_JSON_URL = ENV["ANALYSIS_BOTS_JSON_URL"]
+
+    def set_variables
+      return if @db_config
+
+      config?.marshal_dump.each { |k, v| instance_variable_set("@#{k}", v) } unless config?.nil?
+    end
+
+    def db_config
+      return if BOTS_JSON_URL.nil?
+
+      @db_config ||= JSON.parse(Net::HTTP.get(URI(BOTS_JSON_URL))).select { |bot| bot["bot_id"] == "#{jurisdiction_code}_companies" }.first
+    end
+
+    def config?
+      OpenStruct.new(db_config["bot_config"])
+    rescue NoMethodError
+      nil
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/openc_bot/config_spec.rb b/spec/lib/openc_bot/config_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71d64c2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/openc_bot/config_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+require "spec_helper"
+require "openc_bot"
+require "openc_bot/company_fetcher_bot"
+require "openc_bot/config"
+
+module ModuleThatIncludesConfig
+  extend OpencBot
+  extend OpencBot::CompanyFetcherBot
+  extend OpencBot::Config
+end
+
+describe OpencBot::Config do
+  let(:expected_output) { OpenStruct.new(bot_config: { foo: "bar" }) }
+
+  describe "#set_variables" do
+    before do
+      allow(ModuleThatIncludesConfig).to receive(:config?).and_return(expected_output)
+    end
+
+    it "sends a request to config def" do
+      ModuleThatIncludesConfig.set_variables
+      expect(ModuleThatIncludesConfig).to have_received(:config?).twice
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#db_config" do
+    context "when BOTS_JSON_URL is not set" do
+      it "returns nil" do
+        expect(ModuleThatIncludesConfig.db_config).to eq(nil)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when BOTS_JSON_URL is set" do
+      before do
+        stub_const("OpencBot::Config::BOTS_JSON_URL", "someendpoint")
+        ModuleThatIncludesConfig.instance_variable_set(:@db_config, expected_output)
+      end
+
+      it "returns an object" do
+        expect(ModuleThatIncludesConfig.db_config).to eq(expected_output)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#config?" do
+    context "when db_config returns an object" do
+      before do
+        allow(ModuleThatIncludesConfig).to receive(:db_config).and_return(expected_output)
+      end
+
+      it "returns the bot_config struct from the db_config object that is queryable" do
+        expect(ModuleThatIncludesConfig.config?.foo).to eq("bar")
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when db_config does not return an object" do
+      it "returns nil" do
+        expect(ModuleThatIncludesConfig.config?).to eq(nil)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end