Index: packetbl.c
==================================================================
--- packetbl.c
+++ packetbl.c
@@ -811,17 +811,18 @@
  *   it should only be called during start-up and not from the main loop.
  *
  */
 void parse_config(void) {
 
-	config_t *config = NULL;
+	config_t cf, *config;
 	config_setting_t *config_setting = NULL;
 	struct ce *config_entry = NULL;
 	int result = 0;
 	int i = 0;
 	const char *facstr = NULL;
 	
+	config = &cf;
 	config_init(config);
 	result = config_read_file(config, "test.config");
 	if (result == CONFIG_FALSE) {
 		if (config_error_type(config) == CONFIG_ERR_PARSE) {
 			fprintf (stderr, "Error parsing config file %s, line %d: %s\n",
@@ -858,18 +859,20 @@
 		packet_cache_len = USE_CACHE_DEF_LEN;
 		fprintf(stderr, "config size TTL negative - using default");
 	}
 #endif
 
-	config_lookup_string(config, "log.facility", &facstr);
+	result = config_lookup_string(config, "log.facility", &facstr);
 	i = 0;
-	while (&facenum[i] != NULL) {
-		if (strcasecmp(facenum[i].string, facstr) == 0) {
-			conf.log_facility = facenum[i].num;
-			break;
-		} else {
-			i++;
+	if (result == CONFIG_TRUE) {
+		while (&facenum[i] != NULL) {
+			if (strcasecmp(facenum[i].string, facstr) == 0) {
+				conf.log_facility = facenum[i].num;
+				break;
+			} else {
+				i++;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	
 	config_lookup_int(config, "config.queueno", &conf.queueno);
 	
@@ -877,18 +880,25 @@
 		conf.queueno = 1;
 		fprintf(stderr, "queueno negative - using default");
 	}
 
 	config_setting = config_lookup(config, "blacklistbl");
-	parse_config_bl_list(config_setting, 1);
+	if (config_setting != NULL) {
+		parse_config_bl_list(config_setting, 1);
+	}
 	config_setting = config_lookup(config, "whitelistbl");
-	parse_config_bl_list(config_setting, 2);
+	if (config_setting != NULL) {
+		parse_config_bl_list(config_setting, 2);
+	}
 	config_setting = config_lookup(config, "blacklist");
-	parse_config_bl_list(config_setting, 3);
+	if (config_setting != NULL) {
+		parse_config_bl_list(config_setting, 3);
+	}
 	config_setting = config_lookup(config, "whitelist");
-	parse_config_bl_list(config_setting, 4);
-	
+	if (config_setting != NULL) {
+		parse_config_bl_list(config_setting, 4);
+	}
 }
 
 parse_config_bl_list(config_setting_t *c, int type) {
 
 	struct config_entry *ce, *tmp;