--- a/src/tools/config.py	Sun Feb 28 13:42:31 2016 +0100
+++ b/src/tools/config.py	Mon Feb 29 16:13:47 2016 +0100
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     @param value (str): the new value
     @param silent (boolean): toggle logging output (must be True when called from sat.sh)
     """
-    config = SafeConfigParser()
+    config = SafeConfigParser(defaults=C.DEFAULT_CONFIG)
     target_file = None
     for file_ in C.CONFIG_FILES[::-1]:
         # we will eventually update the existing file with the highest priority, if it's a user personal file...
@@ -68,6 +68,14 @@
         log.warning(_(u"Config auto-update: %(option)s set to %(value)s in the file %(config_file)s") %
                     {'option': option, 'value': value, 'config_file': target_file})
 
+def parseMainConf():
+    """look for main .ini configuration file, and parse it"""
+    config = SafeConfigParser(defaults=C.DEFAULT_CONFIG)
+    try:
+        config.read(C.CONFIG_FILES)
+    except:
+        log.error(_("Can't read main config !"))
+    return config
 
 def getConfig(config, section, name, default=None):
     """Get a configuration option