diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 36534b2c1..b6473688f 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ lazy val excludeAvro = ExclusionRule(organization = "org.apache.avro", name = "a
 lazy val excludeSpark = ExclusionRule(organization = "org.apache.spark")
 lazy val excludeFasterXML = ExclusionRule(organization = "com.fasterxml.jackson.module", name= "jackson-module-scala_2.12")
 lazy val excludeMetricsCore = ExclusionRule(organization = "io.dropwizard.metrics", name= "metrics-core")
+lazy val excludeLog4j = ExclusionRule(organization = "org.apache.logging.log4j")
+lazy val excludeParquet = ExclusionRule(organization = "org.apache.parquet")
 
 libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
   "org.apache.spark" %% "spark-core" % sparkVersion % "provided",
@@ -65,7 +67,8 @@ libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
   "org.apache.hudi" %% "hudi-spark-bundle" % "0.5.2-incubating" % "provided" excludeAll excludeFasterXML,
   "org.apache.parquet" % "parquet-avro" % "1.10.1" % "provided",
   "org.apache.avro" % "avro" % "1.8.2" % "provided",
-  "org.apache.hive" % "hive-jdbc" % "2.3.3" % "provided" excludeAll(excludeNetty, excludeNettyAll)
+  "org.apache.hive" % "hive-jdbc" % "2.3.3" % "provided" excludeAll(excludeNetty, excludeNettyAll, excludeLog4j, excludeParquet),
+  "org.apache.hadoop" % "hadoop-aws" % "2.7.3" % "provided"
 )
 
 // Temporary fix for https://github.com/databricks/spark-redshift/issues/315#issuecomment-285294306
diff --git a/examples/movies_metric.yaml b/examples/movies_metric.yaml
index 5c90683d0..e90c449e4 100644
--- a/examples/movies_metric.yaml
+++ b/examples/movies_metric.yaml
@@ -19,15 +19,7 @@ steps:
     FROM moviesWithRatings
     WHERE genres LIKE '%Fantasy%'
 - dataFrameName: topFantasyMovies
-  sql:
-    SELECT movieId,
-           title,
-           avg(rating) AS averageRating
-    FROM fantasyMoviesWithRatings
-    GROUP BY movieId,
-             title
-    ORDER BY averageRating DESC
-    LIMIT 100
+  file: topFantasyMovies.sql
 - dataFrameName: myFavoriteMovieRated
   sql:
     SELECT *
diff --git a/examples/topFantasyMovies.sql b/examples/topFantasyMovies.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..242a4c991
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/topFantasyMovies.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+    SELECT movieId,
+           title,
+           avg(rating) AS averageRating
+    FROM fantasyMoviesWithRatings
+    GROUP BY movieId,
+             title
+    ORDER BY averageRating DESC
+    LIMIT 100
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/yotpo/metorikku/configuration/job/ConfigurationParser.scala b/src/main/scala/com/yotpo/metorikku/configuration/job/ConfigurationParser.scala
index 0c3d390e1..41e410ac8 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/yotpo/metorikku/configuration/job/ConfigurationParser.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/yotpo/metorikku/configuration/job/ConfigurationParser.scala
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 package com.yotpo.metorikku.configuration.job
 
-import java.nio.file.{Files, Paths}
-
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.scala.DefaultScalaModule
 import com.yotpo.metorikku.exceptions.{MetorikkuException, MetorikkuInvalidMetricFileException}
@@ -22,14 +20,6 @@ object ConfigurationParser {
     opt[String]('c', "config")
       .text("Path to the job config file (YAML/JSON)")
       .action((x, c) => c.copy(filename = Option(x)))
-      .validate(x => {
-        if (Files.exists(Paths.get(x))) {
-          success
-        }
-        else {
-          failure("Supplied file not found")
-        }
-      })
     help("help") text "use command line arguments to specify the configuration file path or content"
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/yotpo/metorikku/configuration/metric/ConfigurationParser.scala b/src/main/scala/com/yotpo/metorikku/configuration/metric/ConfigurationParser.scala
index 87b6c12f9..ed095096c 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/yotpo/metorikku/configuration/metric/ConfigurationParser.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/yotpo/metorikku/configuration/metric/ConfigurationParser.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package com.yotpo.metorikku.configuration.metric
 
-import java.io.File
+import java.io.{File, FileNotFoundException}
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.scala.DefaultScalaModule
 import com.yotpo.metorikku.exceptions.MetorikkuInvalidMetricFileException
@@ -20,15 +20,20 @@ object ConfigurationParser {
     validExtensions.contains(extension)
   }
 
-  def parse(path: File): Metric = {
-    val fileName: String = path.getName
-    val metricDir: File = path.getParentFile
+  def parse(path: String): Metric = {
+    val hadoopPath = FileUtils.getHadoopPath(path)
+    val fileName = hadoopPath.getName
+    val metricDir = FileUtils.isLocalFile(path) match {
+      case true => Option(new File(path).getParentFile)
+      case false => None
+    }
 
     log.info(s"Initializing Metric file $fileName")
     try {
-      val metricConfig = parseFile(path.getPath)
+      val metricConfig = parseFile(path)
       Metric(metricConfig, metricDir, FilenameUtils.removeExtension(fileName))
     } catch {
+      case e: FileNotFoundException => throw e
       case e: Exception => throw MetorikkuInvalidMetricFileException(s"Failed to parse metric file $fileName", e)
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/yotpo/metorikku/metric/Metric.scala b/src/main/scala/com/yotpo/metorikku/metric/Metric.scala
index bb19afe3d..59f6ca70b 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/yotpo/metorikku/metric/Metric.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/yotpo/metorikku/metric/Metric.scala
@@ -1,26 +1,22 @@
 package com.yotpo.metorikku.metric
 
 import java.io.File
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 
 import com.yotpo.metorikku.Job
 import com.yotpo.metorikku.configuration.job.Streaming
 import com.yotpo.metorikku.configuration.metric.{Configuration, Output}
-import com.yotpo.metorikku.configuration.metric.OutputType.OutputType
 import com.yotpo.metorikku.exceptions.{MetorikkuFailedStepException, MetorikkuWriteFailedException}
 import com.yotpo.metorikku.instrumentation.InstrumentationProvider
 import com.yotpo.metorikku.output.{Writer, WriterFactory}
 import org.apache.log4j.LogManager
-import org.apache.spark.sql.types.TimestampType
-import org.apache.spark.sql.{DataFrame, Dataset}
-import org.apache.spark.streaming.Seconds
+import org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame
 
 import scala.collection.mutable
 import scala.collection.mutable.ListBuffer
 
 case class StreamingWritingConfiguration(dataFrame: DataFrame, outputConfig: Output, writers: ListBuffer[Writer] = ListBuffer.empty)
 case class StreamingWriting(streamingWritingConfiguration: StreamingWritingConfiguration)
-case class Metric(configuration: Configuration, metricDir: File, metricName: String) {
+case class Metric(configuration: Configuration, metricDir: Option[File], metricName: String) {
   val log = LogManager.getLogger(this.getClass)
 
   def calculate(job: Job): Unit = {
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/yotpo/metorikku/metric/MetricSet.scala b/src/main/scala/com/yotpo/metorikku/metric/MetricSet.scala
index 9be96116d..3b8dd9872 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/yotpo/metorikku/metric/MetricSet.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/yotpo/metorikku/metric/MetricSet.scala
@@ -26,8 +26,14 @@ class MetricSet(metricSet: String, write: Boolean = true) {
 
   def parseMetrics(metricSet: String): Seq[Metric] = {
     log.info(s"Starting to parse metricSet")
-    val metricsToCalculate = FileUtils.getListOfFiles(metricSet)
-    metricsToCalculate.filter(ConfigurationParser.isValidFile(_)).map(ConfigurationParser.parse(_))
+
+    FileUtils.isLocalDirectory(metricSet) match {
+      case true => {
+        val metricsToCalculate = FileUtils.getListOfLocalFiles(metricSet)
+        metricsToCalculate.filter(ConfigurationParser.isValidFile(_)).map(f => ConfigurationParser.parse(f.getPath))
+      }
+      case false => Seq(ConfigurationParser.parse(metricSet))
+    }
   }
 
   def run(job: Job) {
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/yotpo/metorikku/metric/StepActionFactory.scala b/src/main/scala/com/yotpo/metorikku/metric/StepActionFactory.scala
index 719e5e639..e8886bbde 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/yotpo/metorikku/metric/StepActionFactory.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/yotpo/metorikku/metric/StepActionFactory.scala
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import com.yotpo.metorikku.metric.stepActions.Code
 import com.yotpo.metorikku.utils.FileUtils
 
 object StepFactory {
-  def getStepAction(configuration: Step, metricDir: File, metricName: String,
+  def getStepAction(configuration: Step, metricDir: Option[File], metricName: String,
                     showPreviewLines: Int, cacheOnPreview: Option[Boolean],
                     showQuery: Option[Boolean]): StepAction[_] = {
     configuration.sql match {
@@ -17,8 +17,12 @@ object StepFactory {
       case None => {
         configuration.file match {
           case Some(filePath) =>
+            val path = metricDir match {
+              case Some(dir) => new File(dir, filePath).getPath
+              case _ => filePath
+            }
             Sql(
-              FileUtils.readConfigurationFile(new File(metricDir, filePath).getPath),
+              FileUtils.readConfigurationFile(path),
               configuration.dataFrameName, showPreviewLines, cacheOnPreview, showQuery
             )
           case None => {
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/yotpo/metorikku/utils/FileUtils.scala b/src/main/scala/com/yotpo/metorikku/utils/FileUtils.scala
index 7b3588068..29b2fd37b 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/yotpo/metorikku/utils/FileUtils.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/yotpo/metorikku/utils/FileUtils.scala
@@ -1,24 +1,29 @@
 package com.yotpo.metorikku.utils
 
 import java.io.{BufferedReader, File, FileNotFoundException, InputStreamReader}
-import java.net.URI
 import java.util.stream.Collectors
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.{DeserializationFeature, ObjectMapper}
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.YAMLFactory
-import com.yotpo.metorikku.exceptions.MetorikkuException
 import org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils
 import org.apache.commons.text.StringSubstitutor
-import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.{FSDataInputStream, FileSystem, Path}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession
-import org.json4s.DefaultFormats
-import org.json4s.native.JsonMethods
 
-import scala.io.Source
 import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
 
+case class HadoopPath(path: Path, fs: FileSystem) {
+  def open: FSDataInputStream = {
+    fs.open(path)
+  }
+
+  def getName: String = {
+    path.getName
+  }
+}
+
 object FileUtils {
-  def getListOfFiles(dir: String): List[File] = {
+  def getListOfLocalFiles(dir: String): List[File] = {
     val d = new File(dir)
     if (d.isDirectory) {
       d.listFiles.filter(_.isFile).toList
@@ -29,23 +34,6 @@ object FileUtils {
     }
   }
 
-  def jsonFileToObject[T: Manifest](file: File): T = {
-    implicit val formats = DefaultFormats
-    val jsonString = scala.io.Source.fromFile(file).mkString
-
-    try {
-      val json = JsonMethods.parse(jsonString)
-      json.extract[T]
-    } catch {
-      case cast: ClassCastException => throw MetorikkuException(s"Failed to cast json file " + file, cast)
-      case other: Throwable => throw other
-    }
-  }
-
-  def getContentFromFileAsString(file: File): String = {
-    scala.io.Source.fromFile(file).mkString //    //By scala.io. on read spark fail with legit error when path does not exists
-  }
-
   def getObjectMapperByExtension(extension: String): Option[ObjectMapper] = {
     extension match {
       case "json" => Option(new ObjectMapper().configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false))
@@ -69,13 +57,31 @@ object FileUtils {
     StringSubstitutor.replace(fileContents, envAndSystemProperties.asJava)
   }
 
-  def readFileWithHadoop(path: String): String = {
+
+
+  def getHadoopPath(path: String): HadoopPath = {
     val hadoopConf = SparkSession.builder().getOrCreate().sessionState.newHadoopConf()
 
     val file = new Path(path)
+
     val fs = file.getFileSystem(hadoopConf)
-    val fsFile = fs.open(file)
+    HadoopPath(file, fs)
+  }
+
+  def readFileWithHadoop(path: String): String = {
+    val hadoopPath = getHadoopPath(path)
+
+    val fsFile = hadoopPath.open
+
     val reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(fsFile))
     reader.lines.collect(Collectors.joining("\n"))
   }
+
+  def isLocalDirectory(path: String): Boolean = {
+    new File(path).isDirectory
+  }
+
+  def isLocalFile(path: String): Boolean = {
+    new File(path).isFile
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/scala/com/yotpo/metorikku/test/MetorikkuTest.scala b/src/test/scala/com/yotpo/metorikku/test/MetorikkuTest.scala
index b49cc3ea1..360cd3717 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/com/yotpo/metorikku/test/MetorikkuTest.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/com/yotpo/metorikku/test/MetorikkuTest.scala
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class MetorikkuTest extends FunSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll {
     val thrown = intercept[FileNotFoundException] {
       Metorikku.main(Array("-c", "src/test/scala/com/yotpo/metorikku/test/metorikku-test-config-invalid-metrics.yaml"))
     }
-    assert(thrown.getMessage.startsWith("No Files to Run"))
+    assert(thrown.getMessage.endsWith("does not exist"))
 
   }