diff --git a/nzbToMediaConfig.py b/nzbToMediaConfig.py
index a70b8700..486a1c81 100644
--- a/nzbToMediaConfig.py
+++ b/nzbToMediaConfig.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ MOVIE_CONFIG_FILE = os.path.join(PROG_DIR, "autoProcessMovie.cfg")
 TV_CONFIG_FILE = os.path.join(PROG_DIR, "autoProcessTv.cfg")
 LOG_FILE = os.path.join(PROG_DIR, "postprocess.log")
 
-class config(ConfigParser.ConfigParser):
+class configParser(object):
 
     # link error handlers
     Error = ConfigParser.Error
@@ -27,15 +27,14 @@ class config(ConfigParser.ConfigParser):
     ParsingError = ConfigParser.ParsingError
     MissingSectionHeaderError = ConfigParser.MissingSectionHeaderError
 
-    def __init__(self, *file):
-        try:
-            ConfigParser.ConfigParser.__init__(self)
-            self.optionxform = str
-            if not file:
-                file = CONFIG_FILE
-            if self.read(file):
-                pass
-            else:
-                raise self.Error('Cannot open configuration file')
-        except IOError, error:
-            exit(error)
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+    @staticmethod
+    def config(*file):
+        # if no file specified then load our default config
+        if not file:file = CONFIG_FILE
+
+        # load config
+        parser = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
+        parser.optionxform = str
+        if parser.read(file):return parser
+
+config = configParser.config
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