diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index ee6d15717..dcd309a5c 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -57,7 +57,10 @@ module Consul
     config.i18n.load_path += Dir[Rails.root.join("config", "locales", "**", "*.{rb,yml}")]
     config.i18n.load_path += Dir[Rails.root.join("config", "locales", "custom", "**", "*.{rb,yml}")]
 
-    config.after_initialize { Globalize.set_fallbacks_to_all_available_locales }
+    config.after_initialize do
+      Globalize.set_fallbacks_to_all_available_locales
+      GraphQLApi::Loader.setup
+    end
 
     config.assets.paths << Rails.root.join("app", "assets", "fonts")
     config.assets.paths << Rails.root.join("vendor", "assets", "fonts")
diff --git a/config/initializers/graphql_api.rb b/config/initializers/graphql_api.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c68334244
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/graphql_api.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+module GraphQLApi
+  class Loader
+    def self.setup
+      if ActiveRecord::Base.connection.tables.any?
+        api_config = YAML.load_file("./config/api.yml")
+        GraphqlController.const_set "API_TYPE_DEFINITIONS",
+          GraphQL::ApiTypesCreator::parse_api_config_file(api_config)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/graphql_spec.rb b/spec/lib/graphql_spec.rb
index 6493519ef..aad7624f4 100644
--- a/spec/lib/graphql_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/graphql_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require "rails_helper"
 
-api_types  = GraphQL::ApiTypesCreator.create(API_TYPE_DEFINITIONS)
+api_types  = GraphQL::ApiTypesCreator.create(GraphqlController::API_TYPE_DEFINITIONS)
 query_type = GraphQL::QueryTypeCreator.create(api_types)
 ConsulSchema = GraphQL::Schema.define do
   query query_type