diff --git a/src/config.py b/src/config.py
index f84caab..3269e7b 100644
--- a/src/config.py
+++ b/src/config.py
@@ -31,42 +31,95 @@ class Config():
                                 cls, *args, **kwargs)
         return cls._instance
 
+    def printConf(self):
+        '''
+        Print the config only if debug is enable.
+        '''
+        if self._confDic['config_debug']:
+            mes = 'config:\t{'
+            for x in self._confDic:
+                mes = '%s\r     %s \t: %s' % (mes, x, self._confDic[x])
+            mes = '%s\r   }' % mes
+            print mes
+
+    def makeList(self, arg):
+        for a in range(len(arg)):
+            arg[a] = arg[a].strip()
+            arg[a] = True  if arg[a] == 'True'  else arg[a]
+            arg[a] = False if arg[a] == 'False' else arg[a]
+        return arg
+
+    def getElement(self, line):
+        tmp = line.split("=")
+        key = tmp[0].strip()
+        val = tmp[1].split("#")     #cut off comments, comment is on val[1]
+        val = str(val[0].strip())   #overwrite val with string
+
+        if key == '':
+            stderr.write('config_error there is an empty key\r')
+            return None, None
+        if val == '':
+            stderr.write('config_error %s has no value\r' % key)
+            return None, None
+
+        arg = val.split(',')
+        while arg.count('') > 0:
+            arg.remove('')
+        if len(arg) == 0:
+            stderr.write('config_error %s has an empty argument\r' % key)
+            return None, None
+        return key, arg
+
     def readConf(self):
-        if self._confDic['config_read']:
+        if self._confDic['config_read']:        #prevent re-read
             return self._confDic
 
         try:
-            confFile = open("config\ems.conf", "r")
+            confFile = open(config, "r")
         except IOError:
-            self._confDic.update({'error' : 'config/ems.conf not found'})
+            self._confDic.update({'error' : '%s not found' % config})
+            stderr.write('config_error %s not found\r' % config)
             return self._confDic
 
+#        master = None
+
         for line in confFile:
             line = line.strip()
-            if len(line) > 0 and not line[0] == "#":
-                ident = line.split("=")
-                for i in range(len(ident)):
-                    ident[i] = ident[i].strip()
 
-                val = ident[1].split("#")               #cut off comments
-                                                        #comment is on val[1]
-                argument = str(val[0].strip()).split(',')
-                arg = []
-                for a in argument:
-                    a.strip()
-                    a = True if a == 'True' else a
-                    a = False if a == 'False' else a
-                    arg.append(a)
+            if len(line) == 0 or line[0] == "#":    #remove empty lines and comments
+#               master = None
+                continue
+
+            if line[0] == '\'':
+                line = line.lstrip('\'')
+#                if master is not None:
+                key, arg = self.getElement(line)
+                res = []
+                for a in arg:
+                    tmp = a.split(':')
+                    for t in tmp:
+                        res.append(t.strip())
+                arg = dict(res[i:i+2] for i in range(0, len(res), 2))
+### prepared for more dimensional dictionaries ###
+#            elif line.find(':') != -1:
+#                master = line.split(':')[0]
+#                key = master
+#                arg = None
+#                pass
+            elif line.find("=") != -1:
+                key, arg = self.getElement(line)
+                if key == None:
+                    continue
+                self.makeList(arg)
+                arg = arg if len(arg) > 1 else arg[0]
+
+            self._confDic[key] = arg
 
-                self._confDic[ident[0]] = arg if len(arg) > 1 else arg[0]
         confFile.close()
         self._confDic['config_read'] = True
-        if self._confDic['config_debug']:
-            print 'config:\t{'
-            for x in self._confDic:
-                print '    ', x, '\t:', self._confDic[x]
-            print '   }'
+
+        self.printConf()
         return self._confDic
 
-#c = Config()
-#conf = c.readConf()
+c = Config()
+conf = c.readConf()
diff --git a/src/config/ems.conf b/src/config/ems.conf
index 46661c6..fc1770f 100644
--- a/src/config/ems.conf
+++ b/src/config/ems.conf
@@ -19,17 +19,17 @@ config_debug	= True
 #possible Baud Rates: 100k, 125k, 250k, 500k, 1000k
 can_baudrate 	 	= 250k
 
-#can_messages 	= dc_battery, dc_grid, dc_pv, dc_charger
-#'dc_battery 	= id:0x3A4,  length:8,  time:50
-#'dc_grid 		= id:0x3A5,  length:8,  time:50
-#'dc_pv 			= id:0x3A6,  length:8,  time:50
-#'dc_charger 	= id:0x3A7,  length:8,  time:50
-#
-#can_signales 	= current, voltage, capacity, isMaster, isFeed, isCharging, isOn
-#'current 		= begin:0,   length:16,  offset:0,  scaling:0.001,  data:0
-#'voltage 		= begin:16,  length:16,  offset:0,  scaling:0.01,   data:0
-#'capacity 		= begin:32,  length:11,  offset:0,  scaling:0.05,   data:0
-#'isMaster 		= begin:56,  length:1,   offset:0,  scaling:1,      data:0
-#'isFeed 		= begin:57,  length:1,   offset:0,  scaling:1,      data:0
-#'isCharging 	= begin:57,  length:1,   offset:0,  scaling:1,      data:0
-#'isOn 			= begin:58,  length:1,   offset:0,  scaling:1,      data:0
+can_messages 	= dc_battery, dc_grid, dc_pv, dc_charger
+'dc_battery 	= id:0x3A4,  length:8,  time:50
+'dc_grid 		= id:0x3A5,  length:8,  time:50
+'dc_pv 			= id:0x3A6,  length:8,  time:50
+'dc_charger 	= id:0x3A7,  length:8,  time:50
+
+can_signales 	= current, voltage, capacity, isMaster, isFeed, isCharging, isOn
+'current 		= begin:0,   length:16,  offset:0,  scaling:0.001,  data:0
+'voltage 		= begin:16,  length:16,  offset:0,  scaling:0.01,   data:0
+'capacity 		= begin:32,  length:11,  offset:0,  scaling:0.05,   data:0
+'isMaster 		= begin:56,  length:1,   offset:0,  scaling:1,      data:0
+'isFeed 		= begin:57,  length:1,   offset:0,  scaling:1,      data:0
+'isCharging 	= begin:57,  length:1,   offset:0,  scaling:1,      data:0
+'isOn 			= begin:58,  length:1,   offset:0,  scaling:1,      data:0