diff --git a/gallery_dl/__init__.py b/gallery_dl/__init__.py
index f81a40a8..e3785d34 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/__init__.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ if sys.hexversion < 0x3030000:
 import logging
 from . import version, config, option, extractor, job, exception
 
-__version = version.__version__
+__version__ = version.__version__
 log = logging.getLogger("gallery-dl")
 
 
diff --git a/gallery_dl/config.py b/gallery_dl/config.py
index 5500aa27..662ce826 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/config.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/config.py
@@ -16,6 +16,27 @@ import logging
 log = logging.getLogger("config")
 
 
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# internals
+
+_config = {}
+
+if os.name == "nt":
+    _default_configs = [
+        r"~\.config\gallery-dl\config.json",
+        r"%USERPROFILE%\gallery-dl\config.json",
+        r"~\.gallery-dl.conf",
+        r"%USERPROFILE%\gallery-dl.conf",
+    ]
+else:
+    _default_configs = [
+        "/etc/gallery-dl.conf",
+        "${HOME}/.config/gallery/config.json",
+        "${HOME}/.config/gallery-dl/config.json",
+        "${HOME}/.gallery-dl.conf",
+    ]
+
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 # public interface
 
@@ -52,12 +73,11 @@ def load(*files, format="json", strict=False):
 
 def clear():
     """Reset configuration to en empty state"""
-    globals()["_config"] = {}
+    globals()["_config"].clear()
 
 
-def get(keys, default=None):
-    """Get the value of property 'key' or a default-value if it doenst exist"""
-    conf = _config
+def get(keys, default=None, conf=_config):
+    """Get the value of property 'key' or a default value"""
     try:
         for k in keys:
             conf = conf[k]
@@ -66,21 +86,23 @@ def get(keys, default=None):
         return default
 
 
-def interpolate(keys, default=None):
+def interpolate(keys, default=None, conf=_config):
     """Interpolate the value of 'key'"""
-    conf = _config
     try:
+        lkey = keys[-1]
+        if lkey in conf:
+            return conf[lkey]
         for k in keys:
-            default = conf.get(keys[-1], default)
+            if lkey in conf:
+                default = conf[lkey]
             conf = conf[k]
         return conf
     except (KeyError, AttributeError):
         return default
 
 
-def set(keys, value):
+def set(keys, value, conf=_config):
     """Set the value of property 'key' for this session"""
-    conf = _config
     for k in keys[:-1]:
         try:
             conf = conf[k]
@@ -91,9 +113,8 @@ def set(keys, value):
     conf[keys[-1]] = value
 
 
-def setdefault(keys, value):
+def setdefault(keys, value, conf=_config):
     """Set the value of property 'key' if it doesn't exist"""
-    conf = _config
     for k in keys[:-1]:
         try:
             conf = conf[k]
@@ -102,24 +123,3 @@ def setdefault(keys, value):
             conf[k] = temp
             conf = temp
     return conf.setdefault(keys[-1], value)
-
-
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-# internals
-
-_config = {}
-
-if os.name == "nt":
-    _default_configs = [
-        r"~\.config\gallery-dl\config.json",
-        r"%USERPROFILE%\gallery-dl\config.json",
-        r"~\.gallery-dl.conf",
-        r"%USERPROFILE%\gallery-dl.conf",
-    ]
-else:
-    _default_configs = [
-        "/etc/gallery-dl.conf",
-        "${HOME}/.config/gallery/config.json",
-        "${HOME}/.config/gallery-dl/config.json",
-        "${HOME}/.gallery-dl.conf",
-    ]
diff --git a/test/test_config.py b/test/test_config.py
index 95e681c5..20cd54a0 100644
--- a/test/test_config.py
+++ b/test/test_config.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-# Copyright 2015 Mike Fährmann
+# Copyright 2015-2017 Mike Fährmann
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class TestConfig(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         fd, self._configfile = tempfile.mkstemp()
         with os.fdopen(fd, "w") as file:
-            file.write('{"a": "1", "b": {"c": "text"}}')
+            file.write('{"a": "1", "b": {"a": 2, "c": "text"}}')
         config.load(self._configfile)
 
     def tearDown(self):