diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Kernel.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Kernel.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e1b8bc08ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Kernel.php
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Phraseanet
+ *
+ * (c) 2005-2010 Alchemy
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Kernel
+ *
+ * @license     http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-3.0 GPLv3
+ * @link        www.phraseanet.com
+ */
+
+namespace Alchemy\Phrasea;
+
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../../vendor/Silex/vendor/pimple/lib/Pimple.php';
+
+class Kernel extends \Pimple
+{
+
+  public function __construct()
+  {
+    /**
+     * Autoload
+     */
+    $this->bootstrap();
+
+    $this['EM'] = $this->share(function()
+            {
+              $doctrine = new Kernel\Service\Doctrine();
+              return $doctrine->getEntityManager();
+            });
+            
+    /**
+     * Gatekeeper
+     */
+    $this['gatekeeper'] = $this->share(function()
+            {
+              return new \gatekeeper();
+            });
+
+
+    /**
+     * Event Dispatcher
+     */
+    $this['dispatcher'] = $this->share(function ()
+            {
+              $dispatcher = new \Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher();
+            });
+
+    /**
+     * Initialize Request
+     */
+    $this['request'] = $this->share(function()
+            {
+              $app['request'] = \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request::createFromGlobals();
+            });
+            
+            
+    return;
+  }
+
+  protected function phraseaAutoload($class_name)
+  {
+    if (file_exists(__DIR__ .'/../../../config/classes/'
+                    . str_replace('_', '/', $class_name) . '.class.php'))
+    {
+      require_once __DIR__ .'/../../../config/classes/'
+              . str_replace('_', '/', $class_name) . '.class.php';
+    }
+    elseif (file_exists(__DIR__ . '/../../classes/'
+                    . str_replace('_', '/', $class_name) . '.class.php'))
+    {
+      require_once __DIR__ . '/../../classes/'
+              . str_replace('_', '/', $class_name) . '.class.php';
+    }
+    
+    return;
+  }
+
+  protected function bootstrap()
+  {
+    require_once __DIR__ . '/../../vendor/symfony/src/Symfony/Component/ClassLoader/UniversalClassLoader.php';
+    
+    $loader = new \Symfony\Component\ClassLoader\UniversalClassLoader();
+    
+    spl_autoload_register(array($this, 'phraseaAutoload'));
+    
+    $loader->registerNamespaces(array(
+        'Alchemy' => __DIR__. '/../../',
+    ));
+    
+    $loader->register();
+    
+    return;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Kernel/Service/Doctrine.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Kernel/Service/Doctrine.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c02ce4f3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Kernel/Service/Doctrine.php
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Phraseanet
+ *
+ * (c) 2005-2010 Alchemy
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @package
+ * @license     http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-3.0 GPLv3
+ * @link        www.phraseanet.com
+ */
+
+namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Kernel\Service;
+
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type;
+
+class Doctrine
+{
+
+  protected $entityManager;
+
+  public function __construct()
+  {
+
+    require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../../vendor/doctrine2-orm/lib/vendor/doctrine-common/lib/Doctrine/Common/ClassLoader.php';
+
+    static::loadClasses();
+
+    $config = new \Doctrine\ORM\Configuration();
+
+    $config->setMetadataCacheImpl(new \Doctrine\Common\Cache\ApcCache);
+
+    $chainDriverImpl = new \Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Driver\DriverChain();
+
+    $driverYaml = new \Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Driver\YamlDriver(
+                    array(__DIR__ . '/../../../../conf.d/Doctrine')
+    );
+
+    $chainDriverImpl->addDriver($driverYaml, 'Entities');
+
+    $chainDriverImpl->addDriver($driverYaml, 'Gedmo\Timestampable');
+
+    $config->setMetadataDriverImpl($chainDriverImpl);
+
+    $config->setProxyDir(realpath(__DIR__ . '/../../../../Doctrine/Proxies'));
+
+    $config->setProxyNamespace('Proxies');
+
+    require __DIR__ . '/../../../../../config/connexion.inc';
+
+    $connectionOptions = array(
+        'dbname' => $dbname,
+        'user' => $user,
+        'password' => $password,
+        'host' => $hostname,
+        'driver' => 'pdo_mysql',
+    );
+    
+    $evm = new \Doctrine\Common\EventManager();
+
+    $evm->addEventSubscriber(new \Gedmo\Timestampable\TimestampableListener());
+
+    $this->entityManager = \Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager::create($connectionOptions, $config, $evm);
+    
+    $this->addTypes();
+    
+    return $this;
+  }
+
+  public function getEntityManager()
+  {
+    return $this->entityManager;
+  }
+  
+  public function getVersion()
+  {
+    return \Doctrine\Common\Version::VERSION;
+  }
+
+  protected static function loadClasses()
+  {
+
+    $classLoader = new \Doctrine\Common\ClassLoader(
+                    'Doctrine\ORM'
+                    , realpath(__DIR__ . '/../../../../vendor/doctrine2-orm/lib')
+    );
+    $classLoader->register();
+
+    $classLoader = new \Doctrine\Common\ClassLoader(
+                    'Doctrine\DBAL'
+                    , realpath(__DIR__ . '/../../../../vendor/doctrine2-orm/lib/vendor/doctrine-dbal/lib')
+    );
+    $classLoader->register();
+
+    $classLoader = new \Doctrine\Common\ClassLoader(
+                    'Doctrine\Common'
+                    , realpath(__DIR__ . '/../../../../vendor/doctrine2-orm/lib/vendor/doctrine-common/lib')
+    );
+    $classLoader->register();
+
+    $classLoader = new \Doctrine\Common\ClassLoader(
+                    'Entities'
+                    , realpath(__DIR__ . '/../../../../Doctrine')
+    );
+    $classLoader->register();
+
+    $classLoader = new \Doctrine\Common\ClassLoader(
+                    'Proxies'
+                    , realpath(__DIR__ . '/../../../../Doctrine')
+    );
+    $classLoader->register();
+    
+    $classLoader = new \Doctrine\Common\ClassLoader(
+                    'Symfony'
+                    , realpath(__DIR__ . '/../../../../vendor/doctrine2-orm/lib/vendor')
+            );
+    
+    $classLoader->register();
+    
+    $classLoader = new \Doctrine\Common\ClassLoader(
+                    'Types'
+                    , realpath(__DIR__ . '/../../../../Doctrine')
+            );
+    
+    $classLoader->register();
+
+    $classLoader = new \Doctrine\Common\ClassLoader(
+                    'Gedmo'
+                    , __DIR__ . "/../../../../vendor/doctrine2-gedmo/lib"
+    );
+    $classLoader->register();
+
+
+    return;
+  }
+  
+  protected function addTypes()
+  {
+    
+    $platform = $this->entityManager->getConnection()->getDatabasePlatform();
+    
+    Type::addType('blob', 'Types\Blob');
+    Type::addType('enum', 'Types\Enum');
+    Type::addType('longblob', 'Types\LongBlob');
+    Type::addType('varbinary', 'Types\VarBinary');
+    
+    $platform->registerDoctrineTypeMapping('enum', 'enum');
+    $platform->registerDoctrineTypeMapping('blob', 'blob');
+    $platform->registerDoctrineTypeMapping('longblob', 'longblob');
+    $platform->registerDoctrineTypeMapping('varbinary', 'varbinary');
+    
+    return;
+  }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file