diff --git a/internal/config/generic.go b/internal/config/generic.go
index f278724..7a27fa1 100644
--- a/internal/config/generic.go
+++ b/internal/config/generic.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"decl/internal/data"
 	"decl/internal/folio"
+	"decl/internal/codec"
+	"io"
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -37,6 +39,22 @@ func (g *Generic[Value]) SetParsedURI(uri *url.URL) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (g *Generic[Value]) Load(r io.Reader) (err error) {
+	err = codec.NewYAMLDecoder(r).Decode(g)
+	if err == nil {
+		_, err = g.Read(context.Background())
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+func (g *Generic[Value]) LoadYAML(yamlData string) (err error) {
+	err = codec.NewYAMLStringDecoder(yamlData).Decode(g)
+	if err == nil {
+		_, err = g.Read(context.Background())
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
 func (g *Generic[Value]) Clone() data.Configuration {
 	jsonGeneric, _ := json.Marshal(g)
 	clone := NewGeneric[Value]()
diff --git a/internal/config/schema_test.go b/internal/config/schema_test.go
index 44c18c4..08ae697 100644
--- a/internal/config/schema_test.go
+++ b/internal/config/schema_test.go
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ values:
   bar: quuz
 `
 
-	testConfig := NewBlock()
-	e := testConfig.LoadBlock(configBlockYaml)
+	testConfig := NewGeneric[any]()
+
+	e := testConfig.LoadYAML(configBlockYaml)
 	assert.Nil(t, e)
-	assert.Equal(t, "foo", testConfig.Name)
 
 	jsonDoc, jsonErr := json.Marshal(testConfig)
 	assert.Nil(t, jsonErr)
@@ -39,11 +39,9 @@ values:
 	assert.Nil(t, schemaErr)
 }
 
-/*
 func TestSchemaValidateSchema(t *testing.T) {
-  s := NewSchema("document")
-  assert.NotNil(t, s)
+	s := NewSchema("document")
+	assert.NotNil(t, s)
 
 	assert.Nil(t, s.ValidateSchema())
 }
-*/