diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index 4b2d7c5ac..f64262b85 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-# Turns off debug mode
+# Load variable overrides specific to distribution type
+try:
+    import configforced
+except ImportError:
+    configforced = None
+
+# Turns on debug mode
 debug = False
 
 # Version data
@@ -14,10 +20,14 @@ expansionVersion = "1.1.0"
 
 # The main pyfa directory which contains run.py
 # Python 2.X uses ANSI by default, so we need to convert the character encoding
-pyfaPath = unicode(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.modules['__main__'].__file__)), sys.getfilesystemencoding())
+pyfaPath = getattr(configforced, "pyfaPath", None)
+if pyfaPath is None:
+    pyfaPath = unicode(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.modules['__main__'].__file__)), sys.getfilesystemencoding())
 
 # Where we store the saved fits etc, default is the current users home directory
-savePath = unicode(os.path.expanduser(os.path.join("~", ".pyfa")), sys.getfilesystemencoding())
+savePath = getattr(configforced, "savePath", None)
+if savePath is None:
+    savePath = unicode(os.path.expanduser(os.path.join("~", ".pyfa")), sys.getfilesystemencoding())
 
 # Static EVE Data from the staticdata repository, should be in the staticdata directory in our pyfa directory
 staticPath = os.path.join(pyfaPath, "staticdata")
@@ -30,7 +40,7 @@ saveDB = os.path.join(savePath, "saveddata.db")
 # maintenance script
 gameDB = os.path.join(staticPath, "eve.db")
 
-## Eos setting overrides ##
+## DON'T MODIFY ANYTHING BELOW ##
 import eos.config
 
 #Caching modifiers, disable all gamedata caching, its unneeded.
@@ -38,9 +48,3 @@ eos.config.gamedataCache = None
 # saveddata db location modifier, shouldn't ever need to touch this
 eos.config.saveddata_connectionstring = "sqlite:///" + saveDB + "?check_same_thread=False"
 eos.config.gamedata_connectionstring = "sqlite:///" + gameDB + "?check_same_thread=False"
-
-# Load variable overrides specific to distribution type
-try:
-    from configforced import *
-except ImportError:
-    pass