diff --git a/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Config.py b/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Config.py
index bddaaa4..ac0e3d9 100644
--- a/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Config.py
+++ b/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Config.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class BotConfig():
 
     def __init__(self):
         self.dict = {}
+        self.filename = None
         self.config = self.load_config()
 
     def load_config(self):
@@ -25,17 +26,25 @@ class BotConfig():
         opts = parser.parse_args(argv)
         config_module = get_configuration(opts)
 
-        # load dict
-        config = configparser.ConfigParser()
-        config.read(config_module.filename)
-        for each_section in config.sections():
-            if each_section not in self.dict.keys():
-                self.dict[each_section] = dict()
-                for (each_key, each_val) in config.items(each_section):
-                    if each_key not in self.dict[each_section].keys():
-                        self.dict[each_section][each_key] = each_val
+        # Filename
+        self.filename = config_module.filename
+
+        # load as dict
+        self.dict = self.config_file_to_dict()
 
         return config_module
 
+    def config_file_to_dict(self):
+        configdict = dict()
+        config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+        config.read(self.filename)
+        for each_section in config.sections():
+            if each_section not in configdict.keys():
+                configdict[each_section] = dict()
+                for (each_key, each_val) in config.items(each_section):
+                    if each_key not in configdict[each_section].keys():
+                        configdict[each_section][each_key] = each_val
+        return configdict
+
 
 botconfig = BotConfig()