diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb b/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
index 700d995..86c9fc4 100755
--- a/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/local/bin/ruby -w
 
-# $Dwarf: ripnews.rb,v 1.86 2005/01/28 20:06:45 ward Exp $
+# $Dwarf: ripnews.rb,v 1.87 2005/01/28 20:13:54 ward Exp $
 # $Source$
 
 #
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ def parse_config(default = {})
 		x
 	}
 
+	lines.flatten!
+
 	lines.collect!{|x|
 		x.sub!(/^\s*/, "")
 		x.sub!(/\#.*$/, "")