diff --git a/src/warden-client/lib/WardenClientCommon.pm b/src/warden-client/lib/WardenClientCommon.pm
index 24e3c529027e0fb5f4c91448a206b453d0179264..6b6f5f6a0b2fc0fa6a7c0fdad5449417309bcccd 100755
--- a/src/warden-client/lib/WardenClientCommon.pm
+++ b/src/warden-client/lib/WardenClientCommon.pm
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use Carp;
 
 our $VERSION = "2.2";
 
+
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # errMsg - prints error msg and returns undef or prints warning and returns 1
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -127,36 +128,29 @@ sub c2s
   }
 }
 
+
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# getClientsInfo - retrieve information about other clients from Warden server
+# getClientInfo - retrieve information about other clients from Warden server
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-sub getClientsInfo 
+sub getClientInfo
 {
-  my $warden_path = shift;
-
-  my $etcdir = $warden_path . "/etc/";
-  my $libdir = $warden_path . "/lib/";
-
-  require $libdir . "WardenClientConf.pm";
-
-  # read the config file
-  my $conf_file = $etcdir . "warden-client.conf";
-  WardenClientConf::loadConf($conf_file);
-
-  # c2s() returns undef on fail
-  my $response = c2s($WardenClientConf::URI, $WardenClientConf::SSL_KEY_FILE, $WardenClientConf::SSL_CERT_FILE, $WardenClientConf::SSL_CA_FILE, "getClientInfo");
-  
+  # load client configuration
+  my $lib = File::Basename::dirname(__FILE__);
+  my $etc = "$lib/../etc";
+  my $conf_file = "$etc/warden-client.conf";
+  loadConf($conf_file);
+
+  # obtain information about clients on Warden server
+  my $response = c2s($WardenCommon::URI, $WardenCommon::SSL_KEY, $WardenCommon::SSL_CERT, $WardenCommon::SSL_CA_CERT, "getClientInfo");
   defined $response or return; # receive data or return undef     
 
-  # parse returned SOAP data object with clients
+  # parse server response (SOAP data object)
   my @clients;
-  my ($client_id, $hostname, $registered, $requestor, $service, $client_type, $type, $receive_own_events, $description_tags, $ip_net_client);
   my @response_list = $response->valueof('/Envelope/Body/getClientInfoResponse/client/');
 
   while (scalar @response_list) {
     my $response_data = shift(@response_list);
     my %client;
-
     $client{'client_id'}		= $response_data->{'CLIENT_ID'} ;
     $client{'hostname'}			= $response_data->{'HOSTNAME'};
     $client{'registered'}		= $response_data->{'REGISTERED'};
@@ -167,13 +161,12 @@ sub getClientsInfo
     $client{'receive_own_events'}	= $response_data->{'RECEIVE_OWN_EVENTS'};
     $client{'description_tags'}		= $response_data->{'DESCRIPTION_TAGS'};
     $client{'ip_net_client'}		= $response_data->{'IP_NET_CLIENT'};
-
-    # push received clients from warden server into @clients which is returned
     push (@clients,\%client);
   }
 
   return @clients;
-}
+}  # End of getClientInfo
+
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # loadConf - load configuration file