diff --git a/lib/verify/dummy.rb b/lib/verify/dummy.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 29f8ebf37..000000000
--- a/lib/verify/dummy.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-# encoding: utf-8
-# Copyright 2014 Dominik Richter. All rights reserved.
-# author: Dominik Richter
-# author: Christoph Hartmann
-
-# Spec file for Vulcano specs
-
-# Get types
-module DummyTestTypes
-  # a few commands with special handling
-  def describe(*_args); end
-
-  def context(*_args); end
-
-  def os
-    {}
-  end
-
-  def command(_sth)
-    res = OpenStruct.new
-    res.stdout = ''
-    res.stderr = ''
-    res
-  end
-end
-
-module DummyVulcanoTypes
-  %w{
-    attributes registry_key
-  }.each do |name|
-    define_method name do |*_arg|
-    end
-  end
-
-  def processes(*_args)
-    []
-  end
-
-  def start_postgres_session(*_args)
-    Describer.new
-  end
-
-  def start_mysql_session(*_args)
-    Describer.new
-  end
-
-  class Describer
-    def describe(*_args); end
-  end
-end
-
-class SshConf
-  def initialize(*_args); end
-end
-class PostgresConf
-  def initialize(*_args); end
-
-  def params(*_a, &_b)
-    {}
-  end
-end
-
-class MysqlConf
-  def initialize(*_args); end
-
-  def params(*_a, &_b)
-    {}
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/vulcano/profile.rb b/lib/vulcano/profile.rb
index af665e6ed..98bae13b2 100644
--- a/lib/vulcano/profile.rb
+++ b/lib/vulcano/profile.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,21 @@ module Vulcano
 
       @metadata = read_metadata
       @params = @metadata.params unless @metadata.nil?
+
+      @params['rules'] = rules = {}
+      @runner = Runner.new(
+        id: @profile_id,
+        backend: :mock,
+      )
+      @runner.add_tests([@path])
+      @runner.rules.each do |id, rule|
+        rules[id] = {
+          title: rule.title,
+          desc: rule.desc,
+          impact: rule.impact,
+          code: rule.instance_variable_get(:@__code),
+        }
+      end
     end
 
     private
diff --git a/lib/vulcano/rule.rb b/lib/vulcano/rule.rb
index 2b7064b0c..d23d5de29 100644
--- a/lib/vulcano/rule.rb
+++ b/lib/vulcano/rule.rb
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ module Vulcano
     end
 
     def desc(v = nil)
-      @desc = v unless v.nil?
+      @desc = unindent(v) unless v.nil?
       @desc
     end
 
@@ -136,5 +136,19 @@ module Vulcano
         return "#{pid}/#{rid}"
       end
     end
+
+    private
+
+    # Idio(ma)tic unindent
+    # TODO replace this
+    #
+    # @param [String] text string which needs to be unindented
+    # @return [String] input with indentation removed
+    def unindent(text)
+      return '' if text.nil?
+      text.strip.split("\n").map(&:strip)
+        .map { |x| x.empty? ? "\n" : x }
+        .join(' ')
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/vulcano/runner.rb b/lib/vulcano/runner.rb
index afd9cc3c2..e40202315 100644
--- a/lib/vulcano/runner.rb
+++ b/lib/vulcano/runner.rb
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ require 'vulcano/rspec_json_formatter'
 
 module Vulcano
   class Runner
-    attr_reader :tests, :backend
+    attr_reader :tests, :backend, :rules
     def initialize(conf = {})
-      @rules = []
+      @rules = {}
       @profile_id = conf[:id]
       @conf = conf.dup
       @tests = RSpec::Core::World.new
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ module Vulcano
     end
 
     def register_rule(ctx, rule_id, rule)
+      @rules[rule_id] = rule
       checks = rule.instance_variable_get(:@checks)
       checks.each do |m, a, b|
         # resource skipping