diff --git a/nzbtomedia/__init__.py b/nzbtomedia/__init__.py
index bafce00f..8905e4c6 100644
--- a/nzbtomedia/__init__.py
+++ b/nzbtomedia/__init__.py
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ def initialize(section=None):
     CATEGORIES = (CFG["Torrent"]["categories"])  # music,music_videos,pictures,software
     NOFLATTEN = (CFG["Torrent"]["noFlatten"])
     if isinstance(NOFLATTEN, str): NOFLATTEN = NOFLATTEN.split(',')
+    if isinstance(CATEGORIES, str): CATEGORIES = CATEGORIES.split(',')
     DELETE_ORIGINAL = int(CFG["Torrent"]["deleteOriginal"])
     UTORRENTWEBUI = CFG["Torrent"]["uTorrentWEBui"]  # http://localhost:8090/gui/
     UTORRENTUSR = CFG["Torrent"]["uTorrentUSR"]  # mysecretusr
@@ -310,6 +311,7 @@ def initialize(section=None):
     OUTPUTFASTSTART = int(CFG["Transcoder"]["outputFastStart"])
     OUTPUTQUALITYPERCENT = int(CFG["Transcoder"]["outputQualityPercent"])
     NICENESS = int(CFG["Transcoder"]["niceness"])
+    if isinstance(IGNOREEXTENSIONS, str): IGNOREEXTENSIONS = IGNOREEXTENSIONS.split(',')
 
     PASSWORDSFILE = CFG["passwords"]["PassWordFile"]