diff --git a/dpx/confutils/config.py b/dpx/confutils/config.py
index 03f64cc..e538f3e 100644
--- a/dpx/confutils/config.py
+++ b/dpx/confutils/config.py
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ def parseConfigFile(self, filename):
                 self._copySelftoConfig()
                 fileobj = FakeConfigFile(filename)
                 # self.config.read(filename)
-                self.config.readfp(fileobj)
+                self.config.readfp(fileobj.fp)
                 self._copyConfigtoSelf()
                 self._updateSelf()
         return