diff --git a/modules/joex/src/main/resources/reference.conf b/modules/joex/src/main/resources/reference.conf
index a495ea5a..378f0b9c 100644
--- a/modules/joex/src/main/resources/reference.conf
+++ b/modules/joex/src/main/resources/reference.conf
@@ -319,6 +319,10 @@ docspell.joex {
       # This has only any effect, if mode != disabled.
       clear-interval = "15 minutes"
 
+      # Restricts proposals for due dates. Only dates earlier than this
+      # number of years in the future are considered.
+      max-due-date-years = 10
+
       regex-ner {
         # Whether to enable custom NER annotation. This uses the
         # address book of a collective as input for NER tagging (to
@@ -517,13 +521,6 @@ docspell.joex {
     }
   }
 
-  # General config for processing documents
-  processing {
-    # Restricts proposals for due dates. Only dates earlier than this
-    # number of years in the future are considered.
-    max-due-date-years = 10
-  }
-
   # The same section is also present in the rest-server config. It is
   # used when submitting files into the job queue for processing.
   #
diff --git a/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/Config.scala b/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/Config.scala
index 4ad72d7c..922e83c7 100644
--- a/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/Config.scala
+++ b/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/Config.scala
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ case class Config(
     sendMail: MailSendConfig,
     files: Files,
     mailDebug: Boolean,
-    fullTextSearch: Config.FullTextSearch,
-    processing: Config.Processing
+    fullTextSearch: Config.FullTextSearch
 )
 
 object Config {
@@ -55,8 +54,6 @@ object Config {
     final case class Migration(indexAllChunk: Int)
   }
 
-  case class Processing(maxDueDateYears: Int)
-
   case class TextAnalysis(
       maxLength: Int,
       workingDir: Path,
@@ -84,7 +81,12 @@ object Config {
       )
   }
 
-  case class NlpConfig(mode: NlpMode, clearInterval: Duration, regexNer: RegexNer)
+  case class NlpConfig(
+      mode: NlpMode,
+      clearInterval: Duration,
+      maxDueDateYears: Int,
+      regexNer: RegexNer
+  )
 
   case class RegexNer(maxEntries: Int, fileCacheTime: Duration)
 
diff --git a/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/process/FindProposal.scala b/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/process/FindProposal.scala
index fa484772..1bb91af1 100644
--- a/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/process/FindProposal.scala
+++ b/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/process/FindProposal.scala
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ object FindProposal {
   type Args = ProcessItemArgs
 
   def apply[F[_]: Sync](
-      cfg: Config.Processing
+      cfg: Config.TextAnalysis
   )(data: ItemData): Task[F, Args, ItemData] =
     Task { ctx =>
       val rmas = data.metas.map(rm => rm.copy(nerlabels = removeDuplicates(rm.nerlabels)))
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ object FindProposal {
   }
 
   def processAttachment[F[_]: Sync](
-      cfg: Config.Processing,
+      cfg: Config.TextAnalysis,
       rm: RAttachmentMeta,
       rd: Vector[NerDateLabel],
       ctx: Context[F, ProcessItemArgs]
@@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ object FindProposal {
   }
 
   def makeDateProposal[F[_]: Sync](
-      cfg: Config.Processing,
+      cfg: Config.TextAnalysis,
       dates: Vector[NerDateLabel]
   ): F[MetaProposalList] =
     Timestamp.current[F].map { now =>
-      val maxFuture = now.plus(Duration.years(cfg.maxDueDateYears.toLong))
+      val maxFuture = now.plus(Duration.years(cfg.nlp.maxDueDateYears.toLong))
       val latestFirst = dates
         .filter(_.date.isBefore(maxFuture.toUtcDate))
         .sortWith((l1, l2) => l1.date.isAfter(l2.date))
diff --git a/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/process/ProcessItem.scala b/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/process/ProcessItem.scala
index b6cc493e..c119b467 100644
--- a/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/process/ProcessItem.scala
+++ b/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/process/ProcessItem.scala
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ object ProcessItem {
       regexNer: RegexNerFile[F]
   )(item: ItemData): Task[F, ProcessItemArgs, ItemData] =
     TextAnalysis[F](cfg.textAnalysis, analyser, regexNer)(item)
-      .flatMap(FindProposal[F](cfg.processing))
+      .flatMap(FindProposal[F](cfg.textAnalysis))
       .flatMap(EvalProposals[F])
       .flatMap(SaveProposals[F])