diff --git a/cave/com.raytheon.uf.viz.monitor.scan/src/com/raytheon/uf/viz/monitor/scan/ScanStarterJob.java b/cave/com.raytheon.uf.viz.monitor.scan/src/com/raytheon/uf/viz/monitor/scan/ScanStarterJob.java
index 9201d1f1f7..196c8d9f1b 100644
--- a/cave/com.raytheon.uf.viz.monitor.scan/src/com/raytheon/uf/viz/monitor/scan/ScanStarterJob.java
+++ b/cave/com.raytheon.uf.viz.monitor.scan/src/com/raytheon/uf/viz/monitor/scan/ScanStarterJob.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.eclipse.core.runtime.jobs.Job;
 import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;
 import org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI;
 
+import com.raytheon.uf.common.monitor.scan.config.SCANConfig;
 import com.raytheon.uf.common.monitor.scan.config.SCANConfigEnums.ScanTables;
 import com.raytheon.uf.viz.core.VizApp;
 
@@ -76,6 +77,8 @@ public class ScanStarterJob extends Job {
             scan.setup(icao);
         }
 
+        SCANConfig.getInstance();
+
         VizApp.runAsync(new Runnable() {
 
             @Override
diff --git a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.common.monitor/src/com/raytheon/uf/common/monitor/scan/config/AbsConfigMgr.java b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.common.monitor/src/com/raytheon/uf/common/monitor/scan/config/AbsConfigMgr.java
index d6248b5eba..dca0972fde 100644
--- a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.common.monitor/src/com/raytheon/uf/common/monitor/scan/config/AbsConfigMgr.java
+++ b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.common.monitor/src/com/raytheon/uf/common/monitor/scan/config/AbsConfigMgr.java
@@ -23,8 +23,12 @@ import java.awt.Point;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 import com.raytheon.uf.common.localization.IPathManager;
+import com.raytheon.uf.common.localization.LocalizationContext.LocalizationLevel;
+import com.raytheon.uf.common.localization.LocalizationContext.LocalizationType;
+import com.raytheon.uf.common.localization.LocalizationFile;
 import com.raytheon.uf.common.localization.PathManagerFactory;
 import com.raytheon.uf.common.monitor.data.CommonTableConfig.SortDirection;
 import com.raytheon.uf.common.monitor.scan.config.SCANConfigEnums.ScanThresholdColor;
@@ -42,6 +46,7 @@ import com.raytheon.uf.common.serialization.SerializationUtil;
  * Date         Ticket#    Engineer    Description
  * ------------ ---------- ----------- --------------------------
  * Oct 21, 2009 3039       lvenable     Initial creation
+ * Apr 25, 2013   1926     njensen      Improved initialization speed
  * 
  * </pre>
  * 
@@ -52,12 +57,12 @@ public abstract class AbsConfigMgr {
     /**
      * Map of attribute names and SCANAttributesXML.
      */
-    HashMap<String, SCANAttributesXML> attrMap;
+    protected Map<String, SCANAttributesXML> attrMap;
 
     /**
      * Map of attribute names and column index.
      */
-    HashMap<String, Integer> indexMap;
+    protected Map<String, Integer> indexMap;
 
     /**
      * Default XML name.
@@ -76,7 +81,6 @@ public abstract class AbsConfigMgr {
         indexMap = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
 
         init();
-        createAttributeMap(getAttributes());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -109,12 +113,16 @@ public abstract class AbsConfigMgr {
             SCANAbstractXML cfgXML = null;
 
             IPathManager pm = PathManagerFactory.getPathManager();
-            String path = pm.getStaticFile(getFullDefaultConfigName())
-                    .getAbsolutePath();
-
-            cfgXML = (SCANAbstractXML) SerializationUtil
-                    .jaxbUnmarshalFromXmlFile(path.toString());
-
+            LocalizationFile lfile = pm.getLocalizationFile(pm.getContext(
+                    LocalizationType.CAVE_STATIC, LocalizationLevel.SITE),
+                    getFullDefaultConfigName());
+            if (lfile == null || !lfile.exists()) {
+                lfile = pm.getLocalizationFile(pm.getContext(
+                        LocalizationType.CAVE_STATIC, LocalizationLevel.BASE),
+                        getFullDefaultConfigName());
+            }
+            cfgXML = SerializationUtil.jaxbUnmarshalFromXmlFile(
+                    SCANAbstractXML.class, lfile.getFile());
             return cfgXML;
         } catch (Exception e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
@@ -142,8 +150,8 @@ public abstract class AbsConfigMgr {
             IPathManager pm = PathManagerFactory.getPathManager();
             String path = pm.getStaticFile(newConfigFile).getAbsolutePath();
 
-            cfgXML = (SCANAbstractXML) SerializationUtil
-                    .jaxbUnmarshalFromXmlFile(path.toString());
+            cfgXML = SerializationUtil.jaxbUnmarshalFromXmlFile(
+                    SCANAbstractXML.class, path.toString());
 
             return cfgXML;
         } catch (Exception e) {
diff --git a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.common.monitor/src/com/raytheon/uf/common/monitor/scan/config/SCANConfig.java b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.common.monitor/src/com/raytheon/uf/common/monitor/scan/config/SCANConfig.java
index 8d223950f3..d149a7dc8a 100644
--- a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.common.monitor/src/com/raytheon/uf/common/monitor/scan/config/SCANConfig.java
+++ b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.common.monitor/src/com/raytheon/uf/common/monitor/scan/config/SCANConfig.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import com.raytheon.uf.common.monitor.scan.xml.SCANAttributesXML;
  * Date         Ticket#    Engineer    Description
  * ------------ ---------- ----------- --------------------------
  * Oct 25, 2009 3039       lvenable     Initial creation
+ * Apr 25, 2013   1926     njensen      synchronized instance creation
  * 
  * </pre>
  * 
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ public class SCANConfig {
     /**
      * Class instance
      */
-    private static SCANConfig classInstance;
+    private static volatile SCANConfig classInstance;
 
     /**
      * Unwarned configuration data class.
@@ -242,11 +243,18 @@ public class SCANConfig {
      * @return Class instance.
      */
     public static SCANConfig getInstance() {
-        if (classInstance == null) {
-            classInstance = new SCANConfig();
+        SCANConfig retVal = classInstance;
+        if (retVal == null) {
+            synchronized (SCANConfig.class) {
+                retVal = classInstance;
+                if (retVal == null) {
+                    classInstance = new SCANConfig();
+                    retVal = classInstance;
+                }
+            }
         }
 
-        return classInstance;
+        return retVal;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -261,7 +269,6 @@ public class SCANConfig {
 
         cellTrendConfigMgr = new TrendSetConfigMgr("CellTrendSets.xml");
         dmdTrendConfigMgr = new TrendSetConfigMgr("DmdTrendSets.xml");
-        ;
 
         setupTableIntFormatMap();
         setupTrendIntFormatMaps();