diff --git a/nipap/nipap/nipapconfig.py b/nipap/nipap/nipapconfig.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/nipap/nipap/nipapconfig.py
+++ b/nipap/nipap/nipapconfig.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class NipapConfig(ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser):
             # First time - create new instance!
             self._cfg_path = cfg_path
 
-            ConfigParser.ConfigParser.__init__(self, default)
+            ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser.__init__(self, default)
 
             self.read_file()
backend: use SafeConfigParser

nipapconfig uses SafeConfigParser as base class but used the __init__
function from the non-Safe parser. Let's go all Safe!