diff --git a/server/include/hooks.h b/server/include/hooks.h
index 0203663cc..5af8b486a 100644
--- a/server/include/hooks.h
+++ b/server/include/hooks.h
@@ -21,11 +21,19 @@
 
 #include <time.h>
 
+#define REGISTER_HOOK(name, prio, fnc, type)			\
+__attribute__((constructor)) void __register_ ## fnc () {	\
+	static struct hook h = { name, prio, fnc, type };	\
+	list_push(&hooks, &h);					\
+}
+
 /* The configuration of hook parameters is done in "config.h" */
 
 /* Forward declarations */
 struct path;
 
+extern struct list hooks;
+
 /** Callback type of hook function
  *
  * @param p The path which is processing this message.
@@ -50,24 +58,20 @@ enum hook_type {
 
 /** Descriptor for user defined hooks. See hook_list[]. */
 struct hook {
+	/** The unique name of this hook. This must be the first member! */
+	const char *name;
 	int priority;
 	hook_cb_t callback;
-	const char *name;
 	enum hook_type type;
 };
 
-/** Get a function pointer of a hook function by its name
- *
- * @param name The name of the requested hook
- * @retval NULL There is no hook registred with name.
- * @retval >0 A function pointer to the requested hook_cb_t hook.
- */
-const struct hook * hook_lookup(const char *name);
-
+struct hook * hook_lookup(const char *name);
 
 /* The following prototypes are example hooks */
 
-/** Example hook: Print the message. */
+/** Example hook: Print the message.
+ * @example
+ */
 int hook_print(struct path *p);
 
 /** Example hook: Drop messages. */
diff --git a/server/include/list.h b/server/include/list.h
index c04541fa7..2cb57ddcd 100644
--- a/server/include/list.h
+++ b/server/include/list.h
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ struct opal;
  * @param data A pointer to the data which should be freed.
  */
 typedef void (*dtor_cb_t)(void *data);
+	
+typedef int (*cmp_cb_t)(void *, void *);
 
 struct list {
 	struct list_elm *head, *tail;
@@ -62,11 +64,13 @@ struct list_elm {
 	union {
 		void *ptr;
 		struct node *node;
+		struct node_type *type;
 		struct path *path;
 		struct interface *interface;
 		struct socket *socket;
 		struct opal *opal;
 		struct gtfpga *gtfpga;
+		struct hook *hook;
 	} /* anonymous */;
 
 	int priority;
@@ -81,6 +85,12 @@ void list_push(struct list *l, void *p);
 
 void list_insert(struct list *l, int prio, void *p);
 
-struct list_elm * list_search(struct list *l, int (*cmp)(void *));
+/** Search the list for an element whose first element is a character array which matches name.
+ *
+ * @see Only possible because of §1424 of http://c0x.coding-guidelines.com/6.7.2.1.html
+ */
+void * list_lookup(const struct list *l, const char *name);
+
+void * list_search(const struct list *l, cmp_cb_t cmp, void *ctx);
 
 #endif /* _LIST_H_ */
diff --git a/server/include/node.h b/server/include/node.h
index fda53823f..307bf8f75 100644
--- a/server/include/node.h
+++ b/server/include/node.h
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@
 #include "msg.h"
 #include "list.h"
 
-/** Static node initialization */
-#define NODE_INIT(n)	{ \
-	.name = n \
-}
-
 /* Helper macros for virtual node type */
 #define node_type(n)			((n)->vt->type)
 #define node_print(n, b, l)		((n)->vt->print(n, b, l))
@@ -38,20 +33,34 @@
 #define node_read_single(n, m)		((n)->vt->read(n, m, 1, 0, 1))
 #define node_write_single(n, m)		((n)->vt->write(n, m, 1, 0, 1))
 
-/** Node type: layer, protocol, listen/connect */
-enum node_type {
-	BSD_SOCKET,		/**< BSD Socket API */
-	LOG_FILE,		/**< File IO */
-	OPAL_ASYNC,		/**< OPAL-RT Asynchronous Process Api */
-	GTFPGA			/**< Xilinx ML507 GTFPGA card */
-};
+
+#define REGISTER_NODE_TYPE(type, name, fnc)				\
+__attribute__((constructor)) void __register_node_ ## fnc () {		\
+	static struct node_type t = { name, type,			\
+					fnc ## _parse, fnc ## _print,	\
+					fnc ## _open,  fnc ## _close,	\
+					fnc ## _read,  fnc ## _write,	\
+					fnc ## _init,  fnc ## _deinit };\
+	list_push(&node_types, &t);					\
+}
+
+extern struct list node_types;
 
 /** C++ like vtable construct for node_types
  * @todo Add comments
  */
-struct node_vtable {
-	const enum node_type type;
-	const char *name;
+struct node_type {
+	/** The unique name of this node. This must be the first member! */
+	char *name;
+	
+	/** Node type: layer, protocol, listen/connect */
+	enum {
+		BSD_SOCKET,		/**< BSD Socket API */
+		LOG_FILE,		/**< File IO */
+		OPAL_ASYNC,		/**< OPAL-RT Asynchronous Process Api */
+		GTFPGA,			/**< Xilinx ML507 GTFPGA card */
+		NGSI			/**< NGSI 9/10 HTTP RESTful API (FIRWARE ContextBroker) */
+	} type;
 
 	/** Parse node connection details for SOCKET type
 	 *
diff --git a/server/src/cfg.c b/server/src/cfg.c
index b56bb2177..8edd6ff2c 100644
--- a/server/src/cfg.c
+++ b/server/src/cfg.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ int config_parse_path(config_setting_t *cfg,
 		cerror(cfg, "Invalid input node for path");
 
 	in = config_setting_get_string(cfg_in);
-	p->in = node_lookup_name(in, nodes);
+	p->in = list_lookup(nodes, in);
 	if (!p->in)
 		cerror(cfg_in, "Invalid input node '%s'", in);
 
diff --git a/server/src/file.c b/server/src/file.c
index 1b695eb9f..4ac657680 100644
--- a/server/src/file.c
+++ b/server/src/file.c
@@ -222,3 +222,5 @@ int file_write(struct node *n, struct msg *pool, int poolsize, int first, int cn
 
 	return i;
 }
+
+REGISTER_NODE_TYPE(LOG_FILE, "file", file)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/src/gtfpga.c b/server/src/gtfpga.c
index 4f5c50103..9df180306 100644
--- a/server/src/gtfpga.c
+++ b/server/src/gtfpga.c
@@ -268,3 +268,4 @@ int gtfpga_write(struct node *n, struct msg *pool, int poolsize, int first, int
 	return 0;
 }
 
+REGISTER_NODE_TYPE(GTFPGA, "gtfpga", gtfpga)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/src/hooks.c b/server/src/hooks.c
index 8587fb8f8..d8b6e7199 100644
--- a/server/src/hooks.c
+++ b/server/src/hooks.c
@@ -23,32 +23,10 @@
 
 /* Some hooks can be configured by constants in te file "config.h" */
 
-/** This is a static list of available hooks.
- *
- * It's used by hook_lookup to parse hook identfiers from the configuration file.
- * The list must be terminated by NULL pointers!
- */
-static const struct hook hook_list[] = {
-/*  Priority,	Callback,	Name,		Type		*/
-	{ 99, 	hook_print,	"print",	HOOK_MSG },
-	{ 99,	hook_decimate,	"decimate",	HOOK_POST },
-	{ 99,	hook_tofixed,	"tofixed",	HOOK_MSG },
-	{ 99,	hook_ts,	"ts",		HOOK_MSG },
-	{ 99,	hook_fir,	"fir",		HOOK_POST },
-	{ 99,	hook_dft,	"dft",		HOOK_POST }
-};
-
-const struct hook* hook_lookup(const char *name)
-{
-	for (int i=0; i<ARRAY_LEN(hook_list); i++) {
-		if (!strcmp(name, hook_list[i].name))
-			return &hook_list[i];
-	}
-
-	return NULL; /* No matching hook was found */
-}
-
+/** This is a static list of available hooks. */
+struct list hooks;
 
+REGISTER_HOOK("print", 99, hook_print, HOOK_MSG)
 int hook_print(struct path *p)
 {
 	struct msg *m = p->current;
@@ -60,6 +38,7 @@ int hook_print(struct path *p)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+REGISTER_HOOK("tofixed", 99, hook_tofixed, HOOK_MSG)
 int hook_tofixed(struct path *p)
 {
 	struct msg *m = p->current;
@@ -70,6 +49,7 @@ int hook_tofixed(struct path *p)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+REGISTER_HOOK("ts", 99,	hook_ts, HOOK_MSG)
 int hook_ts(struct path *p)
 {
 	struct msg *m = p->current;
@@ -80,6 +60,7 @@ int hook_ts(struct path *p)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+REGISTER_HOOK("fir", 99, hook_fir, HOOK_POST)
 int hook_fir(struct path *p)
 {
 	/** Simple FIR-LP: F_s = 1kHz, F_pass = 100 Hz, F_block = 300
@@ -108,12 +89,14 @@ int hook_fir(struct path *p)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+REGISTER_HOOK("decimate", 99, hook_decimate, HOOK_POST)
 int hook_decimate(struct path *p)
 {
 	/* Only sent every HOOK_DECIMATE_RATIO'th message */
 	return p->received % HOOK_DECIMATE_RATIO;
 }
 
+REGISTER_HOOK("dft", 99, hook_dft, HOOK_POST)
 int hook_dft(struct path *p)
 {
 	return 0; /** @todo Implement */
diff --git a/server/src/list.c b/server/src/list.c
index fc75b7464..5ef309b33 100644
--- a/server/src/list.c
+++ b/server/src/list.c
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
  *   Unauthorized copying of this file, via any medium is strictly prohibited.
  *********************************************************************************/
 
+#include <string.h>
+
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "list.h"
 
@@ -103,11 +105,21 @@ void list_insert(struct list *l, int prio, void *p)
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&l->lock);
 }
 
-struct list_elm * list_search(struct list *l, int (*cmp)(void *))
+void * list_lookup(const struct list *l, const char *name)
 {
 	FOREACH(l, it) {
-		if (!cmp(it->ptr))
-			return it;
+		if (!strcmp(*(char **) it->ptr, name))
+			return it->ptr;
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+void * list_search(const struct list *l, cmp_cb_t cmp, void *ctx)
+{
+	FOREACH(l, it) {
+		if (!cmp(it->ptr, ctx))
+			return it->ptr;
 	}
 
 	return NULL;
diff --git a/server/src/node.c b/server/src/node.c
index 7ca13d463..cf5bc15db 100644
--- a/server/src/node.c
+++ b/server/src/node.c
@@ -27,30 +27,13 @@
   #include <netlink/route/classifier.h>
 #endif
 
-#define VTABLE(type, name, fnc) { type, name, \
-				  fnc ## _parse, fnc ## _print, \
-				  fnc ## _open,  fnc ## _close, \
-				  fnc ## _read,  fnc ## _write, \
-				  fnc ## _init,  fnc ## _deinit }
-
 /** Vtable for virtual node sub types */
-struct node_vtable vtables[] = {
-#ifdef ENABLE_OPAL_ASYNC
-	VTABLE(OPAL_ASYNC, "opal",	opal),
-#endif
-#ifdef ENABLE_GTFPGA
-	VTABLE(GTFPGA,	   "gtfpga",	gtfpga),
-#endif
-#ifdef ENABLE_SOCKET
-	VTABLE(BSD_SOCKET, "socket",	socket),
-#endif
-	VTABLE(LOG_FILE,   "file",	file)
-};
+struct list node_types = LIST_INIT(NULL);
 
 int node_init(int argc, char *argv[], struct settings *set)
 { INDENT
-	for (int i=0; i<ARRAY_LEN(vtables); i++) {
-		const struct node_vtable *vt = &vtables[i];
+	FOREACH(&node_types, it) {
+		const struct node_type *vt = it->type;
 		if (vt->refcnt) {
 			info("Initializing '%s' node type", vt->name);
 			vt->init(argc, argv, set);
@@ -63,8 +46,8 @@ int node_init(int argc, char *argv[], struct settings *set)
 int node_deinit()
 { INDENT
 	/* De-initialize node types */
-	for (int i=0; i<ARRAY_LEN(vtables); i++) {
-		struct node_vtable *vt = &vtables[i];
+	FOREACH(&node_types, it) {
+		struct node_type *vt = it->type;
 		if (vt->refcnt) {
 			info("De-initializing '%s' node type", vt->name);
 			vt->deinit();
@@ -73,26 +56,6 @@ int node_deinit()
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct node * node_lookup_name(const char *str, struct list *nodes)
-{
-	FOREACH(nodes, it) {
-		if (!strcmp(str, it->node->name))
-			return it->node;
-	}
-
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-struct node_vtable * node_lookup_vtable(const char *str)
-{
-	for (int i = 0; i < ARRAY_LEN(vtables); i++) {
-		if (!strcmp(vtables[i].name, str))
-			return &vtables[i];
-	}
-
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 int node_start(struct node *n)
 { INDENT
 	if (!n->refcnt) {
diff --git a/server/src/opal.c b/server/src/opal.c
index a04146da1..e3481aaa4 100644
--- a/server/src/opal.c
+++ b/server/src/opal.c
@@ -271,3 +271,5 @@ int opal_write(struct node *n, struct msg *pool, int poolsize, int first, int cn
 
 	return 1;
 }
+
+REGISTER_NODE_TYPE(OPAL_ASYNC, "opal", opal)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/src/receive.c b/server/src/receive.c
index c5d274cf1..edf9e45ff 100644
--- a/server/src/receive.c
+++ b/server/src/receive.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	config_init(&config);
 	config_parse(argv[optind], &config, &set, &nodes, NULL);
 
-	node = node_lookup_name(argv[optind+1], &nodes);
+	node = list_lookup(&nodes, argv[optind+1]);
 	if (!node)
 		error("There's no node with the name '%s'", argv[optind+1]);
 
diff --git a/server/src/send.c b/server/src/send.c
index 06cc6ce79..4562d94fd 100644
--- a/server/src/send.c
+++ b/server/src/send.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	config_init(&config);
 	config_parse(argv[optind], &config, &set, &nodes, NULL);
 
-	node = node_lookup_name(argv[optind+1], &nodes);
+	node = list_lookup(&nodes, argv[optind+1]);
 	if (!node)
 		error("There's no node with the name '%s'", argv[optind+1]);
 
diff --git a/server/src/socket.c b/server/src/socket.c
index 31a95680f..ba864a746 100644
--- a/server/src/socket.c
+++ b/server/src/socket.c
@@ -452,3 +452,5 @@ int socket_parse_addr(const char *addr, struct sockaddr *saddr, enum socket_laye
 
 	return ret;
 }
+
+REGISTER_NODE_TYPE(BSD_SOCKET, "socket", socket)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/src/test.c b/server/src/test.c
index 48bc6ed73..f20db8798 100644
--- a/server/src/test.c
+++ b/server/src/test.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	config_init(&config);
 	config_parse(argv[1], &config, &settings, &nodes, NULL);
 
-	node = node_lookup_name(argv[3], &nodes);
+	node = list_lookup(&nodes, argv[3]);
 	if (!node)
 		error("There's no node with the name '%s'", argv[3]);