def read_settings(self):
# Read settings
d = Config.get_section("DEFAULT")
self.interval = eval(d.get("interval", str(self.interval)))
self.alloc = eval(d.get("allocation", str(self.alloc)))
self.scounts = eval(d.get("counts", str(self.scounts)))
self.iconmode = eval(d.get("iconmode", str(self.iconmode)))
self.iconcache = eval(d.get("iconcache", str(self.iconcache)))
self.userstream = eval(d.get("userstream", str(self.userstream)))
self.status_color = eval(d.get("color", str(self.status_color)))
u = Config.get_section(self.twitter.my_name)
self.msgfooter = u.get("footer", "")
