diff --git a/src/bzh/plealog/dbmirror/annotator/SRAnnotatorUtils.java b/src/bzh/plealog/dbmirror/annotator/SRAnnotatorUtils.java
index 96aa2ad..2c1de44 100755
--- a/src/bzh/plealog/dbmirror/annotator/SRAnnotatorUtils.java
+++ b/src/bzh/plealog/dbmirror/annotator/SRAnnotatorUtils.java
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 import bzh.plealog.dbmirror.lucenedico.DicoUtils;
 import bzh.plealog.dbmirror.lucenedico.Dicos;
 import bzh.plealog.dbmirror.util.Utils;
+import bzh.plealog.dbmirror.util.conf.DBMSAbstractConfig;
+import bzh.plealog.dbmirror.util.conf.DBMSConfigurator;
 import bzh.plealog.dbmirror.util.xref.DBXrefInstancesManager;
 
 public class SRAnnotatorUtils {
@@ -127,6 +129,15 @@ private static String collectAdditionalIds(SRClassification classif, SRClassific
     return buf.toString();
   }
   
+  private static boolean getDataPath(String confKey) {
+    DBMSConfigurator conf;
+    conf = DBMSAbstractConfig.getConfigurator();
+    if (conf == null) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    return "true".equalsIgnoreCase(conf.getProperty(confKey));
+  }
+
   public static SRClassification prepareClassification(SROutput bo, DicoTermQuerySystem dico) {
 
     // Extract Bio Classification (IPR, EC, GO and TAX) for all hits
@@ -159,11 +170,13 @@ public static SRClassification prepareClassification(SROutput bo, DicoTermQueryS
         dTerm = dico.getTerm(Dicos.NCBI_TAXONOMY, id);
         if (dTerm!=null) {
           term.setDescription(dTerm.getDataField());
-          idpath = dico.getTaxPathIds(id, true, true);
-          if (idpath!=null) {
-            idpath = Utils.replaceAll(idpath, "n", "");
-            term.setPath(idpath);
-            collectAdditionalIds(classif, classif2, idpath, dico, Dicos.NCBI_TAXONOMY);
+          if (getDataPath(DBMSConfigurator.ANNOT_GET_TAX_PATH)) {
+            idpath = dico.getTaxPathIds(id, true, true);
+            if (idpath!=null) {
+              idpath = Utils.replaceAll(idpath, "n", "");
+              term.setPath(idpath);
+              collectAdditionalIds(classif, classif2, idpath, dico, Dicos.NCBI_TAXONOMY);
+            }
           }
         }
       }
@@ -173,10 +186,12 @@ else if (id.startsWith(AnnotationDataModelConstants.ANNOTATION_CATEGORY.EC.name(
         dTerm = dico.getTerm(Dicos.ENZYME, id);
         if (dTerm!=null) {
           term.setDescription(dTerm.getDataField());
-          idpath = dico.getEnzymePathIds(id, true);
-          if (idpath!=null) {
-            term.setPath(idpath);
-            collectAdditionalIds(classif, classif2, idpath, dico, Dicos.ENZYME);
+          if (getDataPath(DBMSConfigurator.ANNOT_GET_ENZ_PATH)) {
+            idpath = dico.getEnzymePathIds(id, true);
+            if (idpath!=null) {
+              term.setPath(idpath);
+              collectAdditionalIds(classif, classif2, idpath, dico, Dicos.ENZYME);
+            }
           }
         }
       }
@@ -185,10 +200,12 @@ else if (id.startsWith(AnnotationDataModelConstants.ANNOTATION_CATEGORY.GO.name(
         dTerm = dico.getTerm(Dicos.GENE_ONTOLOGY, id);
         if (dTerm!=null) {
           term.setDescription(DicoUtils.getSimpleGoString(dTerm));
-          gopaths = dico.getGoPathId(id);
-          if(!gopaths.isEmpty()) {
-            idpath = collectAdditionalIds(classif, classif2, gopaths, dico, Dicos.GENE_ONTOLOGY);
-            term.setPath(idpath);
+          if (getDataPath(DBMSConfigurator.ANNOT_GET_GO_PATH)) {
+            gopaths = dico.getGoPathId(id);
+            if(!gopaths.isEmpty()) {
+              idpath = collectAdditionalIds(classif, classif2, gopaths, dico, Dicos.GENE_ONTOLOGY);
+              term.setPath(idpath);
+            }
           }
         }
       }
diff --git a/src/bzh/plealog/dbmirror/util/conf/DBMSConfigurator.java b/src/bzh/plealog/dbmirror/util/conf/DBMSConfigurator.java
index 6946fbe..356e672 100755
--- a/src/bzh/plealog/dbmirror/util/conf/DBMSConfigurator.java
+++ b/src/bzh/plealog/dbmirror/util/conf/DBMSConfigurator.java
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ public class DBMSConfigurator {
   public static final String        ASPERA_KEY           = "aspera.key.path";
   public static final String        ASPERA_BIN           = "aspera.bin.path";
 
+  //introduced in BeeDeeM 4.8; get GO path during Annotator process. Default is false.
+  public static final String        ANNOT_GET_GO_PATH    = "annotator.get.go.path";
+  //introduced in BeeDeeM 4.8; get NCBI Tax path during Annotator process. Default is true.
+  public static final String        ANNOT_GET_TAX_PATH   = "annotator.get.tax.path";
+  //introduced in BeeDeeM 4.8; get Enzyme path during Annotator process. Default is true.
+  public static final String        ANNOT_GET_ENZ_PATH   = "annotator.get.enz.path";
+  
   public static enum LUCENE_FS_VALUES {FS_DEFAULT, FS_NIO, FS_SIMPLE};
   public static enum LUCENE_LK_VALUES {LK_DEFAULT, LK_NATIVE, LK_SIMPLE};
   
@@ -75,7 +82,8 @@ public static enum LUCENE_LK_VALUES {LK_DEFAULT, LK_NATIVE, LK_SIMPLE};
 
   private static final String[] KEYS ={MIRROR_PATH, MIRROR_PREPA_PATH, MIRROR_FILE,
 		  LONG_FILE_NAME, FDB_PRG_NAME, FDB_PATH_NAME, UI_SHOW_PATH, COPY_WORKERS,
-		  FASTA_VOLSIZE, LUCENE_FS, LUCENE_LOCK, ASPERA_KEY, ASPERA_BIN};
+		  FASTA_VOLSIZE, LUCENE_FS, LUCENE_LOCK, ASPERA_KEY, ASPERA_BIN,
+		  ANNOT_GET_GO_PATH, ANNOT_GET_TAX_PATH, ANNOT_GET_ENZ_PATH};
   
   public DBMSConfigurator() {
     try {
@@ -131,6 +139,7 @@ public void load(String path, boolean listenReload) throws IOException {
       _pConfig = new PropertiesConfiguration(path);
       _pathToFile = path;
       cleanValues();
+      setDefaults();
     } catch (Exception e) {
       // this has been done for backward compatibility when replacing
       // standard Properties by ConfigurationProperties
@@ -228,7 +237,19 @@ protected void cleanValues() {
       _pConfig.setProperty(key, props.getProperty(key));
     }
   }
-
+  
+  protected void setDefaults() {
+    if (_pConfig.getProperty(ANNOT_GET_GO_PATH)==null) {
+      _pConfig.setProperty(ANNOT_GET_GO_PATH, "false");
+    }
+    if (_pConfig.getProperty(ANNOT_GET_TAX_PATH)==null) {
+      _pConfig.setProperty(ANNOT_GET_TAX_PATH, "true");
+    }
+    if (_pConfig.getProperty(ANNOT_GET_ENZ_PATH)==null) {
+      _pConfig.setProperty(ANNOT_GET_ENZ_PATH, "true");
+    }
+  }
+  
   public void dumpContent(Log logger) {
 	  for (String key : KEYS) {
 		  if (_pConfig.containsKey(key) == false)