diff --git a/cowrie/core/config.py b/cowrie/core/config.py
index 44ff0b61..466e4c63 100644
--- a/cowrie/core/config.py
+++ b/cowrie/core/config.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ This module contains ...
 import ConfigParser
 
 def readConfigFile(cfgfile):
-    cfg = ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser()
+    cfg = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
     cfg.readfp(open(cfgfile))
     return cfg