diff --git a/comboparse.py b/comboparse.py
index 6a5c222..f8fce41 100644
--- a/comboparse.py
+++ b/comboparse.py
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 """Combined config file and argument parser."""
 
 try:
-    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser, NoOptionError
+    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser as ConfigParser, NoOptionError
 except ImportError:
-    from configparser import SafeConfigParser, NoOptionError
+    from configparser import ConfigParser, NoOptionError
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 import sys
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class ComboParser(object):
 
     def __init__(self, ini):
         self.items = []
-        self.cparser = SafeConfigParser()
+        self.cparser = ConfigParser()
         self.aparser = ArgumentParser()
         self.ini = ini
         self.loaded = False