diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a29127f9..f3b58350 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 flask
 sqlalchemy
+six
 fedmsg
 modulemd
 pyOpenSSL
diff --git a/rida/config.py b/rida/config.py
index 53ffcecc..d717ff36 100644
--- a/rida/config.py
+++ b/rida/config.py
@@ -26,10 +26,24 @@
 """Configuration handler functions."""
 
 import os.path
-import configparser
 import json
+
+try:
+    import configparser # py3
+except ImportError:
+    import ConfigParser as configparser  # py2
+
+import six
+
 from rida import logger
 
+def asbool(value):
+    """ Cast config values to boolean. """
+    return six.text_type(value).lower() in [
+        'y', 'yes', 't', 'true', '1', 'on'
+    ]
+
+
 def from_file(filename=None):
     """Create the configuration instance from a file.
 
@@ -45,7 +59,7 @@ def from_file(filename=None):
         raise IOError("The configuration file doesn't exist.")
     cp = configparser.ConfigParser(allow_no_value=True)
     cp.read(filename)
-    default = cp["DEFAULT"]
+    default = cp.defaults()
     conf = Config()
     conf.db = default.get("db")
     conf.system = default.get("system")
@@ -57,9 +71,9 @@ def from_file(filename=None):
     conf.koji_profile = default.get("koji_profile")
     conf.scmurls = json.loads(default.get("scmurls"))
     conf.rpms_default_repository = default.get("rpms_default_repository")
-    conf.rpms_allow_repository = default.getboolean("rpms_allow_repository")
+    conf.rpms_allow_repository = asbool(default.get("rpms_allow_repository"))
     conf.rpms_default_cache = default.get("rpms_default_cache")
-    conf.rpms_allow_cache = default.getboolean("rpms_allow_cache")
+    conf.rpms_allow_cache = asbool(default.get("rpms_allow_cache"))
 
     conf.ssl_certificate_file = default.get("ssl_certificate_file")
     conf.ssl_certificate_key_file = default.get("ssl_certificate_key_file")
diff --git a/rida/scm.py b/rida/scm.py
index cc40c76d..6100a2e1 100644
--- a/rida/scm.py
+++ b/rida/scm.py
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
 
 """SCM handler functions."""
 
-import http.client
+from six.moves import http_client
+
 import os
 import sys
 import time
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ class SCM(object):
                     if chdir:
                         os.chdir(chdir)
                     os.execvp(path, args)
-                except:   # XXX maybe switch to subprocess (python-3.5) where 
+                except:   # XXX maybe switch to subprocess (python-3.5) where
                           # we can check for return codes and timeouts
                     msg = ''.join(traceback.format_exception(*sys.exc_info()))
                     print(msg)
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ class SCM(object):
         # XXX: If implementing special hacks for pagure.io or github.com, don't
         # forget about possible forks -- start with self.repository.
         if self.repository.startswith("-git://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/"):
-            hc = http.client.HTTPConnection("pkgs.fedoraproject.org")
+            hc = http_client.HTTPConnection("pkgs.fedoraproject.org")
             hc.request("HEAD",
                 "/cgit/rpms/" + self.name + ".git/commit/?id=" + self.commit)
             rc = hc.getresponse().code