diff --git a/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Config.py b/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Config.py
index 450ba59..954083e 100644
--- a/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Config.py
+++ b/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Config.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals, absolute_import, division, print_functi
 from sopel.cli.run import build_parser, get_configuration
 
 import sys
+import configparser
 
 
 class BotConfig():
@@ -21,14 +22,29 @@ class BotConfig():
         opts = parser.parse_args(argv)
         self.config = get_configuration(opts)
 
+        # Filename
+        self.filename = self.config.filename
+
+        # load as dict
+        config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+        config.read(self.filename)
+        for each_section in config.sections():
+            if each_section.lower() not in self.dict.keys():
+                self.dict[each_section.lower()] = dict()
+            for (each_key, each_val) in config.items(each_section):
+                if each_key.lower() not in self.dict[each_section.lower()].keys():
+                    self.dict[each_section.lower()][each_key.lower()] = each_val
+
     def define_section(self, name, cls_, validate=True):
         return self.config.define_section(name, cls_, validate)
 
     def __getattr__(self, name):
         ''' will only get called for undefined attributes '''
         """We will try to find a core value, or return None"""
-        if hasattr(self.config, name):
+        if hasattr(self.config.core, name):
             return eval("self.config.core." + name)
+        elif name.lower() in self.dict["core"].keys():
+            return self.dict["core"][str(name).lower()]
         else:
             return None