diff --git a/CHANGELOG.MD b/CHANGELOG.MD
index 6c74205..76ed3b8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.MD
+++ b/CHANGELOG.MD
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [unreleased]
+
+### Added
+- Users can now specify a password for the SSH key used in the SSH tunnel. This is done by entering the password in 
+  the config file, under the entry `connection_details > ssh_tunneling > ssh_private_key_password`.
+
+### Changed
+- The `ssh_tunneling` section of the config file is now optional and the application will work even if the config 
+  file does not contain it.
+
 ## [0.2.0] - 2022-07-26
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/_version.py b/_version.py
index d3ec452..ca70210 100644
--- a/_version.py
+++ b/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.2.0"
+__version__ = "latest"
diff --git a/cli.py b/cli.py
index c21acfa..1fa1ba3 100644
--- a/cli.py
+++ b/cli.py
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@ import json
 import click
 
 from query_performance_gauge import run_measuring_session
-
+from utils import compose_config
 
 @click.command()
-@click.option("--config", required=True, type=click.File())
-def measure_performance(config):
-    run_measuring_session(json.load(config))
+@click.option("--credentials", type=click.File())
+@click.option("--queries", type=click.File())
+@click.option("--config", type=click.File())
+def measure_performance(credentials, queries, config):
+    config = compose_config(config, credentials, queries)
+    run_measuring_session(config)
diff --git a/config_examples/mysql_without_tunnel_config.json b/config_examples/legacy_full_config_file.json
similarity index 86%
rename from config_examples/mysql_without_tunnel_config.json
rename to config_examples/legacy_full_config_file.json
index a849e48..e6859df 100644
--- a/config_examples/mysql_without_tunnel_config.json
+++ b/config_examples/legacy_full_config_file.json
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@
     "port": 3306,
     "user": "your_user",
     "password": "your_password",
-    "schema": "comprea",
-    "ssh_tunneling": {
-      "use_tunnel": false
+    "schema": "comprea"
   },
   "queries_to_measure": [
     {
diff --git a/config_examples/mysql_credentials_config.json b/config_examples/mysql_credentials_config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31990dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config_examples/mysql_credentials_config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "connection_details": {
+    "engine": "mysql",
+    "host": "the-sql-host",
+    "port": 3306,
+    "user": "your_user",
+    "password": "your_password",
+    "schema": "comprea"
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config_examples/mysql_credentials_with_tunnel_config.json b/config_examples/mysql_credentials_with_tunnel_config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c3a911
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config_examples/mysql_credentials_with_tunnel_config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "connection_details": {
+    "engine": "mysql",
+    "host": "the-actual-host",
+    "port": 3306,
+    "user": "your_user",
+    "password": "your_password",
+    "schema": "comprea",
+    "ssh_tunneling": {
+      "use_tunnel": true,
+      "ssh_host": "the_ssh_tunnel_host",
+      "ssh_username": "the_ssh_tunnel_user",
+      "ssh_port": 22,
+      "path_to_key": "G:\\path\\to\\ssh\\key.pem",
+      "ssh_private_key_password": "my_keys_password"
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config_examples/mysql_with_tunnel_config.json b/config_examples/mysql_with_tunnel_config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 63fd975..0000000
--- a/config_examples/mysql_with_tunnel_config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "connection_details": {
-    "engine": "mysql",
-    "host": "the-actual-host",
-    "port": 3306,
-    "user": "your_user",
-    "password": "your_password",
-    "schema": "comprea",
-    "ssh_tunneling": {
-      "use_tunnel": true,
-      "ssh_host": "the_ssh_tunnel_host",
-      "ssh_username": "the_ssh_tunnel_user",
-      "ssh_port": 22,
-      "path_to_key": "G:\\path\\to\\ssh\\key.pem"
-    }
-  },
-  "queries_to_measure": [
-    {
-      "name": "Fast Smoke Test",
-      "query_string": "SELECT 1"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "Delivered carts on a day",
-      "query_string": "select * from comprea.cart c where c.status = 'delivered' and c.date_delivered >= UNIX_TIMESTAMP(date('2022-05-24'))"
-    }
-  ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config_examples/query_config_example.json b/config_examples/query_config_example.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd256cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config_examples/query_config_example.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "queries_to_measure": [
+    {
+      "name": "Fast Smoke Test",
+      "query_string": "SELECT 1"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Delivered carts on a day",
+      "query_string": "select * from comprea.cart c where c.status = 'delivered' and c.date_delivered >= UNIX_TIMESTAMP(date('2022-05-24'))"
+    }
+  ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config_examples/trino_config.json b/config_examples/trino_config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index eaac0c0..0000000
--- a/config_examples/trino_config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "connection_details": {
-    "engine": "trino",
-    "host": "the_trino_host",
-    "port": "443",
-    "user": "your_user",
-    "password": "your_password",
-    "http_scheme": "https",
-    "catalog": "app_lm_mysql",
-    "schema": "comprea",
-    "ssh_tunneling": {
-      "use_tunnel": false
-    }
-  },
-  "queries_to_measure": [
-    {
-      "name": "Fast Smoke Test",
-      "query_string": "SELECT * FROM system.runtime.nodes"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "Delivered carts on a day",
-      "query_string": "select * from app_lm_mysql.comprea.cart c where c.status = 'delivered' and c.date_delivered >= to_unixtime(date('2022-05-24'))"
-    }
-  ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config_examples/trino_credentials_config.json b/config_examples/trino_credentials_config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68d1ab7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config_examples/trino_credentials_config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "connection_details": {
+    "engine": "trino",
+    "host": "the_trino_host",
+    "port": "443",
+    "user": "your_user",
+    "password": "your_password",
+    "http_scheme": "https",
+    "catalog": "app_lm_mysql",
+    "schema": "comprea"
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/connections.py b/connections.py
index 67edb91..b05810f 100644
--- a/connections.py
+++ b/connections.py
@@ -21,15 +21,22 @@ def singleton(class_):
 @singleton
 class MySSHTunnel:
     def __init__(
-        self, ssh_host, ssh_port, ssh_username, ssh_pkey, remote_host, remote_port
+        self,
+        ssh_host,
+        ssh_port,
+        ssh_username,
+        ssh_pkey,
+        remote_host,
+        remote_port,
+        ssh_private_key_password=None,
     ):
-
         self.tunnel = SSHTunnelForwarder(
             ssh_host=(ssh_host, ssh_port),
             ssh_username=ssh_username,
             ssh_pkey=ssh_pkey,
             remote_bind_address=(remote_host, remote_port),
             local_bind_address=("127.0.0.1", remote_port),
+            ssh_private_key_password=ssh_private_key_password,
         )
 
     def start(self):
@@ -39,9 +46,9 @@ class MySSHTunnel:
         self.tunnel.stop()
 
 
-def get_connection(connection_config: dict) -> Union[trino.dbapi.Connection]:
+def get_connection(connection_config: dict) -> Union[trino.dbapi.Connection, mysql.connector.MySQLConnection]:
     """
-    Pick the right way to build a connection and pass it the connection details.
+    Pick the right way to build a connection and connect.
 
     :param connection_config: confi
     :return:
@@ -115,12 +122,13 @@ def get_connection_to_mysql(
     :param connection_config: specifies host, port, etc.
     :return: the connection object
     """
-    if connection_config["ssh_tunneling"]["use_tunnel"]:
+    mysql_connection_host = connection_config["host"]
+
+    if connection_config.get("ssh_tunneling", {}).get("use_tunnel", None):
         open_ssh_tunnel(connection_config)
         mysql_connection_host = "127.0.0.1"
-
-    if not connection_config["ssh_tunneling"]["use_tunnel"]:
-        mysql_connection_host = connection_config["host"]
+        # If we open an SSH tunnel, we reference the local bind instead of the
+        # actual host
 
     connection = mysql.connector.connect(
         host=mysql_connection_host,
@@ -162,6 +170,10 @@ def open_ssh_tunnel(connection_config: dict) -> None:
         ssh_pkey=connection_config["ssh_tunneling"]["path_to_key"],
         remote_host=connection_config["host"],
         remote_port=connection_config["port"],
+        ssh_private_key_password=connection_config["ssh_tunneling"].get(
+            "ssh_private_key_password",
+            None,  # Since password is optional, we need a safe default
+        ),
     ).start()
     print("SSH tunnel is now open.")
 
diff --git a/query_performance_gauge.py b/query_performance_gauge.py
index 5d00fdf..353fc45 100644
--- a/query_performance_gauge.py
+++ b/query_performance_gauge.py
@@ -21,7 +21,25 @@ def run_measuring_session(config: dict) -> None:
 
     connection = get_connection(config["connection_details"])
 
-    for query_config in config["queries_to_measure"]:
+    measure_queries(config["queries_to_measure"], connection)
+
+    print("Finished the measuring session.")
+
+    clean_up_connection(config["connection_details"])
+
+
+def measure_queries(
+    queries_config: dict,
+    connection: Union[trino.dbapi.Connection, mysql.connector.MySQLConnection],
+) -> None:
+    """
+    Measure several queries through a connection.
+
+    :param queries_config: the configuration for the queries to measure.
+    :param connection: the connection to the queriable server.
+    :return: None
+    """
+    for query_config in queries_config:
         try:
             query = TestableQuery(
                 name=query_config["name"], query_string=query_config["query_string"]
@@ -31,10 +49,6 @@ def run_measuring_session(config: dict) -> None:
             print(f"""Something went wrong with query {query_config["name"]}.""")
             print(f"{traceback.format_exc()}")
 
-    print("Finished the measuring session.")
-
-    clean_up_connection(config["connection_details"])
-
 
 class TestableQuery:
     """
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index e9b5652..714d9b1 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -9,41 +9,53 @@ several queries and measure how long it takes for results to come back to your l
    Drive Shared Drive replicated locally, you can do it like this:
 
 ```commandline
-pip install "git+file:///g:\shared drives\data drive\90 useful\10 query_performance_gauge@master"```
+pip install "file:///g:\shared drives\data drive\90 useful\10 query_performance_gauge"
 ```
 
-If not, you simply need to clone the repo somewhere in your machine and replace the path in the previous command.
+You will install whatever version is in the shared drive at that point. Depending on what you want to achieve, you 
+might want to instead make a copy of the repository in your own local machine and install from there. That way, you 
+won't be affected by someone making `git checkout` in the shared drive.
 
-2. Afterwards, you need to make a config file. See below details on how to compose one.
+2. Afterwards, you need to make a credentials and a query config file. See below details on how to compose one.
 
 3. Once you have your config file ready, run the following command from the terminal.
 
 ```commandline
-measure_query_performance --config my_config_file.json
+measure_query_performance --credentials my_credentials.json --queries my_queries.json
 ```
 
 4. Results will be printed in your console as they are available. If instead you would like to store them in a file, a 
    quick and easy hack is to redirect output in Powershell to a file. You can do it like this:
 
 ```commandline
-measure_query_performance --config my_config_file.json | Out-File - FilePath my_results.txt
+measure_query_performance --credentials my_credentials.json --queries my_queries.json | Out-File -FilePath my_results.txt
 ```
 
-## Composing a config file
+## Composing config files
+
+The application takes two config files: one for the credentials and connection details, one for the queries to run. 
+You can mix and match several of both (as in, you can run the same query set at different dbs, or you can have 
+multiple query sets run on the same database).
 
 You can take a look at examples for different setups in `config_examples`. If you want to make a new config file, it
-will probably be easier for you to start from one of those templates.
+will probably be easier for you to start from one of those templates. The legacy examples should be ignored unless 
+you want to understand outdated config files.
 
 A few notes:
-
 - The valid engines are `"trino"` and `"mysql"`.
 - You can place as many queries as you would like in the `queries_to_measure` list.
 - I advice you to make the first query a silly, fast query such as `SELECT 1` to validate your connection and
   quickly confirm that everything is set up properly.
 
+## Other features
+- The connection to the database can be made through an SSH tunnel. See the examples in `config_examples` to 
+  understand how to configure it.
+
 ## A few more details
 
 - Queries are run sequentially, as in the second query will only start after the first query is finished.
+- The script will run all queries, even if there is an exception when running one or more of them. If one query 
+  fails, the error traceback will be printed so you can debug and the script will move on to the next query.
 - For this to work, your local machine must have access and permission to the connection you are targeting, so
   remember to set up VPNs and other necessary configs properly.
 - A peculiarity: when using MySQL through an SSH tunnel, the port number used by the remote MySQL should be
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d38aa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+from typing import Union
+from io import TextIOWrapper
+import json
+
+
+def compose_config(
+    config: Union[TextIOWrapper, None],
+    credentials: Union[TextIOWrapper, None],
+    queries: Union[TextIOWrapper, None],
+) -> dict:
+    """
+    Receive the CLI arguments and compose a session config.
+
+    :param config: file pointer to a full config file.
+    :param credentials: file pointer to a credentials file.
+    :param queries: file pointer to a queries file.
+    :return: a dict with the composed configuration.
+    """
+
+    if config is not None:
+        DeprecationWarning(
+            "Usage of a full config file will be deprecated. Instead, use the credentials and queries arguments."
+        )
+        return json.load(config)
+
+    if credentials is None or queries is None:
+        raise ValueError(
+            "You need to provide both --credentials and --queries arguments."
+        )
+
+    # Merge both into one dict so it follows the same structure as a full config file
+    return {**json.load(credentials), **json.load(queries)}