Index: trunk/src/configuration.cpp
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--- trunk/src/configuration.cpp	(revision 175)
+++ trunk/src/configuration.cpp	(revision 176)
@@ -75,16 +75,16 @@
 
 	while(!file->eof()) {
+		char temp_chr = file->get();
+		file->unget();
+		if (temp_chr == '[') { //new section started
+			// we already called unget
+			return;
+		}
 		getline(*file,temp_line);
 		pos = temp_line.find('=');
 		if (pos == string::npos) {
-			// this isn't a configuration line.
-			// set the get pointer of the file to the beginning
-			// of the line
-			file->seekg(-1-temp_line.length(),ios_base::cur);
-			/* I didn't use ifstream::gcount in the above line
-			 * because I used the getline from string.h and not
-			 * ifstream::getline
-			 */
-			return;
+			// this isn't a configuration line, but it isn't a new section
+			// as we checked this before, just skip
+			continue;
 		}
 		m_settings[temp_line.substr(0,pos)] = temp_line.substr(pos+1);
@@ -95,5 +95,4 @@
 {
 	char temp_chr;
-	size_t pos; // used to loacate the '=' sign
 	int score;
 	string date,hour,name;