diff --git a/pyquarantine/cli.py b/pyquarantine/cli.py
index f4695a3..1b56b9f 100644
--- a/pyquarantine/cli.py
+++ b/pyquarantine/cli.py
@@ -25,24 +25,24 @@ from pyquarantine.storage import Quarantine
 from pyquarantine import __version__ as version
 
 
-def _get_quarantine(quarantines, name):
+def _get_quarantine(quarantines, name, debug):
     try:
-        quarantine = next((q for q in quarantines if q.name == name))
+        quarantine = next((q for q in quarantines if q["name"] == name))
     except StopIteration:
         raise RuntimeError(f"invalid quarantine '{name}'")
-    return quarantine
+    return Quarantine(quarantine, [], debug)
 
 
-def _get_notification(quarantines, name):
-    notification = _get_quarantine(quarantines, name).notification
+def _get_notification(quarantines, name, debug):
+    notification = _get_quarantine(quarantines, name, debug).notification
     if not notification:
         raise RuntimeError(
                 "notification type is set to NONE")
     return notification
 
 
-def _get_whitelist(quarantines, name):
-    whitelist = _get_quarantine(quarantines, name).whitelist
+def _get_whitelist(quarantines, name, debug):
+    whitelist = _get_quarantine(quarantines, name, debug).whitelist
     if not whitelist:
         raise RuntimeError(
                 "whitelist type is set to NONE")
@@ -96,24 +96,26 @@ def list_quarantines(quarantines, args):
     else:
         qlist = []
         for q in quarantines:
-            storage_type = q.storage.type
+            cfg = q["args"]
+            storage_type = cfg["store"]["type"]
 
-            if q.notification:
-                notification_type = q.notification.type
+            if "notify" in cfg:
+                notification_type = cfg["notify"]["type"]
             else:
                 notification_type = "NONE"
 
-            if q.whitelist:
-                whitelist_type = q.whitelist.type
+            if "whitelist" in cfg:
+                whitelist_type = cfg["whitelist"]["whitelist"]["type"]
             else:
                 whitelist_type = "NONE"
 
             qlist.append({
-                "name": q.name,
+                "name": q["name"],
                 "storage": storage_type,
                 "notification": notification_type,
                 "whitelist": whitelist_type,
-                "action": q.milter_action})
+                "action": q["args"]["milter_action"]})
+
         print_table(
             [("Name", "name"),
              ("Storage", "storage"),
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ def list_quarantines(quarantines, args):
 
 def list_quarantine_emails(quarantines, args):
     logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-    storage = _get_quarantine(quarantines, args.quarantine).storage
+    storage = _get_quarantine(quarantines, args.quarantine, args.debug).storage
 
     # find emails and transform some metadata values to strings
     rows = []
@@ -173,7 +175,7 @@ def list_quarantine_emails(quarantines, args):
 
 def list_whitelist(quarantines, args):
     logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-    whitelist = _get_whitelist(quarantines, args.quarantine)
+    whitelist = _get_whitelist(quarantines, args.quarantine, args.debug)
 
     # find whitelist entries
     entries = whitelist.find(
@@ -205,7 +207,7 @@ def list_whitelist(quarantines, args):
 
 def add_whitelist_entry(quarantines, args):
     logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-    whitelist = _get_whitelist(quarantines, args.quarantine)
+    whitelist = _get_whitelist(quarantines, args.quarantine, args.debug)
 
     # check existing entries
     entries = whitelist.check(args.mailfrom, args.recipient, logger)
@@ -245,34 +247,34 @@ def add_whitelist_entry(quarantines, args):
 
 def delete_whitelist_entry(quarantines, args):
     logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-    whitelist = _get_whitelist(quarantines, args.quarantine)
+    whitelist = _get_whitelist(quarantines, args.quarantine, args.debug)
     whitelist.delete(args.whitelist_id)
     logger.info("whitelist entry deleted successfully")
 
 
 def notify(quarantines, args):
     logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-    quarantine = _get_quarantine(quarantines, args.quarantine)
+    quarantine = _get_quarantine(quarantines, args.quarantine, args.debug)
     quarantine.notify(args.quarantine_id, args.recipient)
     logger.info("notification sent successfully")
 
 
 def release(quarantines, args):
     logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-    quarantine = _get_quarantine(quarantines, args.quarantine)
+    quarantine = _get_quarantine(quarantines, args.quarantine, args.debug)
     quarantine.release(args.quarantine_id, args.recipient)
     logger.info("quarantined email released successfully")
 
 
 def delete(quarantines, args):
     logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-    storage = _get_quarantine(quarantines, args.quarantine).storage
+    storage = _get_quarantine(quarantines, args.quarantine, args.debug).storage
     storage.delete(args.quarantine_id, args.recipient)
     logger.info("quarantined email deleted successfully")
 
 
 def get(quarantines, args):
-    storage = _get_quarantine(quarantines, args.quarantine).storage
+    storage = _get_quarantine(quarantines, args.quarantine, args.debug).storage
     _, msg = storage.get_mail(args.quarantine_id)
     print(msg.as_string())
 
@@ -581,8 +583,7 @@ def main():
     for rule in cfg["rules"]:
         for action in rule["actions"]:
             if action["type"] == "quarantine":
-                quarantines.append(
-                    Quarantine(action, [], args.debug))
+                quarantines.append(action)
 
     if args.syslog:
         # setup syslog
diff --git a/pyquarantine/config.py b/pyquarantine/config.py
index 5242593..72bb4ab 100644
--- a/pyquarantine/config.py
+++ b/pyquarantine/config.py
@@ -360,5 +360,5 @@ def get_milter_config(cfgfile):
         cfg_text = [f"{n+1}: {l}" for n, l in enumerate(cfg.splitlines())]
         msg = "\n".join(cfg_text)
         raise RuntimeError(f"{e}\n{msg}")
-
+ 
     return MilterConfig(cfg)
diff --git a/pyquarantine/notify.py b/pyquarantine/notify.py
index 8bf681f..9eb35ba 100644
--- a/pyquarantine/notify.py
+++ b/pyquarantine/notify.py
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ class BaseNotification:
     def __init__(self, pretend=False):
         self.pretend = pretend
 
-    @property
-    def type(self):
-        return "Base"
-
     def execute(self, milter, logger):
         return
 
@@ -147,10 +143,6 @@ class EMailNotification(BaseNotification):
 
         self.parser_lib = parser_lib
 
-    @property
-    def type(self):
-        return "E-Mail"
-
     def get_email_body_soup(self, msg, logger):
         "Extract and decode email body and return it as BeautifulSoup object."
         # try to find the body part
diff --git a/pyquarantine/storage.py b/pyquarantine/storage.py
index e6c43ad..d1b333c 100644
--- a/pyquarantine/storage.py
+++ b/pyquarantine/storage.py
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ class BaseMailStorage:
         self.metavar = metavar
         self.pretend = False
 
-    @property
-    def type(self):
-        return "Base"
-
     def add(self, data, qid, mailfrom, recipients, subject, variables):
         "Add email to storage."
         return ("", "")
@@ -107,10 +103,6 @@ class FileMailStorage(BaseMailStorage):
         cfg.append(f"original={self.original}")
         return "FileMailStorage(" + ", ".join(cfg) + ")"
 
-    @property
-    def type(self):
-        return "File"
-
     def get_storageid(self, qid):
         timestamp = datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
         return f"{timestamp}_{qid}"
diff --git a/pyquarantine/whitelist.py b/pyquarantine/whitelist.py
index 23b892d..9bcaa4f 100644
--- a/pyquarantine/whitelist.py
+++ b/pyquarantine/whitelist.py
@@ -141,10 +141,6 @@ class DatabaseWhitelist(WhitelistBase):
                 cfg.append(f"{arg}={self.cfg[arg]}")
         return "DatabaseWhitelist(" + ", ".join(cfg) + ")"
 
-    @property
-    def type(self):
-        return "DB"
-
     def _entry_to_dict(self, entry):
         result = {}
         result[entry.id] = {