diff --git a/userconfig/cfgfile.py b/userconfig/cfgfile.py
index f4fe18e..de7f41c 100644
--- a/userconfig/cfgfile.py
+++ b/userconfig/cfgfile.py
@@ -10,15 +10,16 @@ cfgfile.py
 Created by Marcus Stoegbauer on 2013-01-12.
 Copyright (c) 2013 __MyCompanyName__. All rights reserved.
 """
-from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
+import ConfigParser
 
 class Conf(object):
-  confobj = ConfigParser()
+  confobj = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser()
   cfgfile = ''
 
   def __init__(self, filename = None):
     """if filename is set, open config file and initialize the ConfigParser
     """
+    self.confobj = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser()
     if filename:
       self.setfilename(filename)
     # if filename
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@ class Conf(object):
   def setfilename(self, filename):
     """initialize the ConfigParser
     """
-    if len(self.confobj.read(filename)) == 0 or self.confobj.read(filename)[0] != filename:
+    ret = self.confobj.read(filename)
+    if len(ret) == 0 or ret[0] != filename:
       raise Exception('Cannot read config file ' + filename)
     # if cannot read
     self.cfgfile = filename