diff --git a/netconf/tools/netconf-testtool/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/netconf/test/tool/SimulatedOperationProvider.java b/netconf/tools/netconf-testtool/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/netconf/test/tool/SimulatedOperationProvider.java
index 3847ce9b..eeae4434 100644
--- a/netconf/tools/netconf-testtool/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/netconf/test/tool/SimulatedOperationProvider.java
+++ b/netconf/tools/netconf-testtool/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/netconf/test/tool/SimulatedOperationProvider.java
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ class SimulatedOperationProvider implements NetconfOperationServiceFactory {
         @Override
         public Set<NetconfOperation> getNetconfOperations() {
             final DataList storage = new DataList();
-            final SimulatedGet sGet = new SimulatedGet(String.valueOf(currentSessionId), storage);
+            final SimulatedGet sGet = new SimulatedGet(
+                String.valueOf(currentSessionId), storage, initialConfigXMLFile);
             final SimulatedEditConfig sEditConfig = new SimulatedEditConfig(String.valueOf(currentSessionId), storage);
             final SimulatedGetConfig sGetConfig = new SimulatedGetConfig(
                 String.valueOf(currentSessionId), storage, initialConfigXMLFile);
diff --git a/netconf/tools/netconf-testtool/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/netconf/test/tool/rpc/SimulatedGet.java b/netconf/tools/netconf-testtool/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/netconf/test/tool/rpc/SimulatedGet.java
index 0f19b117..3aafa005 100644
--- a/netconf/tools/netconf-testtool/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/netconf/test/tool/rpc/SimulatedGet.java
+++ b/netconf/tools/netconf-testtool/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/netconf/test/tool/rpc/SimulatedGet.java
@@ -9,21 +9,56 @@
 package org.opendaylight.netconf.test.tool.rpc;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Optional;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
 import org.opendaylight.controller.config.util.xml.DocumentedException;
 import org.opendaylight.controller.config.util.xml.XmlElement;
 import org.opendaylight.controller.config.util.xml.XmlUtil;
 import org.opendaylight.netconf.api.xml.XmlNetconfConstants;
 import org.opendaylight.netconf.confignetconfconnector.operations.AbstractConfigNetconfOperation;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 
 public class SimulatedGet extends AbstractConfigNetconfOperation {
 
     private final DataList storage;
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory
+            .getLogger(SimulatedGet.class);
 
-    public SimulatedGet(final String netconfSessionIdForReporting, final DataList storage) {
+    public SimulatedGet(final String netconfSessionIdForReporting, final DataList storage,
+                              final Optional<File> initialConfigXMLFile) {
         super(null, netconfSessionIdForReporting);
-        this.storage = storage;
+
+        if (initialConfigXMLFile.isPresent()) {
+            LOG.info("File is present: {}", initialConfigXMLFile.get()
+                    .getName());
+            this.storage = loadInitialConfigXMLFile(initialConfigXMLFile.get());
+        } else {
+            this.storage = storage;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private DataList loadInitialConfigXMLFile(final File file) {
+        LOG.info("Loading initial config xml file: {}", file.getName());
+        DataList configData = new DataList();
+        List<XmlElement> xmlElementList = Collections.emptyList();
+        try {
+            Element element = XmlUtil.readXmlToElement(file);
+            XmlElement xmlElement = XmlElement.fromDomElement(element);
+            xmlElementList = xmlElement.getChildElements();
+            configData.setConfigList(xmlElementList);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            LOG.info("IO exception loading xml file: {} ", e.getMessage());
+
+        } catch (SAXException e) {
+            LOG.info("SAXException {}", e.getMessage());
+        }
+        return configData;
     }
 
     @Override