diff -r 8a7a976a6d58 -r 072de50834f9 iro/config.py
--- a/iro/config.py	Sun Mar 11 16:37:08 2012 +0100
+++ b/iro/config.py	Sun Mar 11 16:37:49 2012 +0100
@@ -43,17 +43,18 @@
             "dburl":Option(lambda x,y:x,long="Connection URL to database",must=True),
         }
         self.order = ["dburl","port"]
-        self._init=True
+        self._init = True
 
 
     def _read(self, cfg, write=False):
         c = dict(cfg)
+
         for o in self.options:
             option = self.options[o]
             try:
                 value = option.validate(c[o],o)
                 if write:
-                    self.init = False
+                    self._init = False
                     setattr(self,o,value)
             except KeyError:
                 if option.must:
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@
 
 def readConfig():
     configParser.read(confFiles)
-    configParser.reload()
+    configParser.reload_()
     if main._init:
         main.load(configParser.items("main"))
     else:
@@ -102,6 +103,10 @@
         if not main.same(m):
             raise Exception("Main options can't be reloaded, please restart your Application.")
 
+def init():
+    configParser.read(confFiles)
+    main.load(configParser.items("main"))
+
 def registerSignal():
     '''register readConfig to SIGUSR2'''
     def rC(signal, frame):