diff --git a/pysqa/queueadapter.py b/pysqa/queueadapter.py
index 0792d4a..72501bd 100644
--- a/pysqa/queueadapter.py
+++ b/pysqa/queueadapter.py
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) Jan Janssen
 
 import os
-from pysqa.utils.basic import BasisQueueAdapter, read_config
-from pysqa.utils.modular import ModularQueueAdapter
-from pysqa.utils.remote import RemoteQueueAdapter
+from pysqa.utils.functs import read_config, set_queue_adapter
 
 __author__ = "Jan Janssen"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright 2019, Jan Janssen"
@@ -43,15 +41,50 @@ class QueueAdapter(object):
             Queues available for auto completion QueueAdapter().queues.<queue name> returns the queue name.
     """
     def __init__(self, directory="~/.queues"):
-        config = read_config(file_name=os.path.join(directory, "queue.yaml"))
-        if config["queue_type"] in ["SGE", "TORQUE", "SLURM", "LSF", "MOAB"]:
-            self._adapter = BasisQueueAdapter(config=config, directory=directory)
-        elif config["queue_type"] in ["GENT"]:
-            self._adapter = ModularQueueAdapter(config=config, directory=directory)
-        elif config["queue_type"] in ["REMOTE"]:
-            self._adapter = RemoteQueueAdapter(config=config, directory=directory)
+        queue_yaml = os.path.join(directory, "queue.yaml")
+        clusters_yaml = os.path.join(directory, "clusters.yaml")
+        self._adapter = None
+        if os.path.exists(queue_yaml):
+            self._queue_dict = {
+                "default": set_queue_adapter(
+                    config=read_config(file_name=queue_yaml),
+                    directory=directory
+                )
+            }
+            primary_queue = "default"
+        elif os.path.exists(clusters_yaml):
+            config = read_config(file_name=clusters_yaml)
+            self._queue_dict = {
+                k: set_queue_adapter(
+                    config=read_config(
+                        file_name=os.path.join(directory, v)
+                    ),
+                    directory=directory
+                )
+                for k, v in config["cluster"].items()
+            }
+            primary_queue = config["cluster_primary"]
         else:
             raise ValueError
+        self._adapter = self._queue_dict[primary_queue]
+
+    def list_clusters(self):
+        """
+        List available computing clusters for remote submission
+
+        Returns:
+            list: List of computing clusters
+        """
+        return self._queue_dict.keys()
+
+    def switch_cluster(self, cluster_name):
+        """
+        Switch to a different computing cluster
+
+        Args:
+            cluster_name (str): name of the computing cluster
+        """
+        self._adapter = self._queue_dict[cluster_name]
 
     @property
     def config(self):
@@ -251,3 +284,5 @@ def check_queue_parameters(
             memory_max=memory_max,
             active_queue=active_queue,
         )
+
+
diff --git a/pysqa/utils/basic.py b/pysqa/utils/basic.py
index b352a7f..cc3208f 100644
--- a/pysqa/utils/basic.py
+++ b/pysqa/utils/basic.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 import subprocess
 import re
 import pandas
-import yaml
 from pysqa.utils.queues import Queues
 
 
@@ -39,7 +38,6 @@ class BasisQueueAdapter(object):
 
             Queues available for auto completion QueueAdapter().queues.<queue name> returns the queue name.
     """
-
     def __init__(self, config, directory="~/.queues"):
         self._config = config
         self._fill_queue_dict(queue_lst_dict=self._config["queues"])
@@ -548,16 +546,3 @@ def _memory_spec_string_to_value(
             )
         else:
             return value
-
-
-def read_config(file_name="queue.yaml"):
-    """
-
-    Args:
-        file_name (str):
-
-    Returns:
-        dict:
-    """
-    with open(file_name, "r") as f:
-        return yaml.load(f, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
diff --git a/pysqa/utils/functs.py b/pysqa/utils/functs.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75fb2e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pysqa/utils/functs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import yaml
+from pysqa.utils.basic import BasisQueueAdapter
+from pysqa.utils.remote import RemoteQueueAdapter
+from pysqa.utils.modular import ModularQueueAdapter
+
+
+def read_config(file_name="queue.yaml"):
+    """
+
+    Args:
+        file_name (str):
+
+    Returns:
+        dict:
+    """
+    with open(file_name, "r") as f:
+        return yaml.load(f, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
+
+
+def set_queue_adapter(config, directory):
+    """
+    Initialize the queue adapter
+
+    Args:
+        config (dict): configuration for one cluster
+        directory (str): directory which contains the queue configurations
+    """
+    if config["queue_type"] in ["SGE", "TORQUE", "SLURM", "LSF", "MOAB"]:
+        return BasisQueueAdapter(config=config, directory=directory)
+    elif config["queue_type"] in ["GENT"]:
+        return ModularQueueAdapter(config=config, directory=directory)
+    elif config["queue_type"] in ["REMOTE"]:
+        return RemoteQueueAdapter(config=config, directory=directory)
+    else:
+        raise ValueError