diff --git a/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Config.py b/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Config.py
index 6d6508c..1bed86d 100644
--- a/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Config.py
+++ b/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Config.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals, absolute_import, division, print_function
 """A way to read the bot's config without bot"""
 
+import sopel.config
 from sopel.cli.run import build_parser, get_configuration
 
 import sys
@@ -25,6 +26,9 @@ class BotConfig():
         # Filename
         self.filename = self.config.filename
 
+        # load Sopel config fully
+        sopel.config.Config(self.config.filename)
+
         # load as dict
         config = configparser.ConfigParser()
         config.read(self.filename)