diff --git a/common/debug.c b/common/debug.c
index 1605767..94fe59f 100644
--- a/common/debug.c
+++ b/common/debug.c
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@
 
 static int _debug = 0;
 
-inline void
+void
 dset(int threshold)
 {
 	_debug = threshold;
 	dbg_printf(3, "Debugging threshold is now %d\n", threshold);
 }
 
-inline int
+int
 dget(void)
 {
 	return _debug;
diff --git a/config/config-stack.h b/config/config-stack.h
index 3781cd9..ebc7f7c 100644
--- a/config/config-stack.h
+++ b/config/config-stack.h
@@ -29,4 +29,9 @@ extern struct value *val_list;
 extern struct node *node_list;
 extern struct parser_context *context_stack;
 
+int _sc_value_add(char *id, char *val, struct value **list);
+int _sc_node_add(char *id, struct value *vallist, struct node *nodelist,
+		 struct node **list);
+
+
 #endif
diff --git a/config/config.l b/config/config.l
index a077ec7..bc4ce1d 100644
--- a/config/config.l
+++ b/config/config.l
@@ -90,11 +90,15 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	c = sc_init();
 	sc_parse(c, NULL);
 	sc_dump(c, stdout);
-	if (argc >= 2) {
+	if (argc == 2) {
 		if (sc_get(c, argv[1], value, sizeof(value)) == 0)
 			printf("%s = %s\n", argv[1], value);
 		else
 			printf("Not found\n");
+	} else if (argc == 3) {
+		printf("---------\n");
+		if (sc_set(c, argv[1], argv[2]) == 0)
+			sc_dump(c, stdout);
 	}
 
 	sc_release(c);
diff --git a/config/config.y b/config/config.y
index eb4dea7..e2013e8 100644
--- a/config/config.y
+++ b/config/config.y
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 extern int yylex (void);
 int yyerror(const char *foo);
 
-static int
-value_add(char *id, char *val, struct value **list)
+int
+_sc_value_add(char *id, char *val, struct value **list)
 {
 	struct value *v;
 
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ value_add(char *id, char *val, struct value **list)
 }
 
 
-static int
-node_add(char *id, struct value *vallist, struct node *nodelist,
+int
+_sc_node_add(char *id, struct value *vallist, struct node *nodelist,
 	 struct node **list)
 {
 	struct node *n;
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ node:
 		struct parser_context *c = NULL;
 
 		c = context_stack;
-		node_add($1, val_list, node_list, &c->node_list);
+		_sc_node_add($1, val_list, node_list, &c->node_list);
 		val_list = c->val_list;
 		node_list = c->node_list;
         	context_stack = c->next;
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ node:
 		struct parser_context *c = NULL;
 
 		c = context_stack;
-		node_add($1, val_list, node_list, &c->node_list);
+		_sc_node_add($1, val_list, node_list, &c->node_list);
 		val_list = c->val_list;
 		node_list = c->node_list;
         	context_stack = c->next;
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ stuff:
 
 assign:
 	T_ID T_EQ T_VAL T_SEMI {
-		value_add($1, $3, &val_list);
+		_sc_value_add($1, $3, &val_list);
 	}
 	;
 %%
diff --git a/config/simpleconfig.c b/config/simpleconfig.c
index f358d91..635e2bf 100644
--- a/config/simpleconfig.c
+++ b/config/simpleconfig.c
@@ -180,15 +180,16 @@ _sc_get(config_info_t *config, const char *key, char *value, size_t valuesz)
 			return 1;
 	}
 
-	if (ptr[0] == '@') {
-		++ptr;
-		found = 0;
+	if (ptr[0] != '@')
+		return 1;
 
-		for (v = values; v; v = v->next) {
-			if (!strcasecmp(v->id, ptr)) {
-				snprintf(value, valuesz, "%s", v->val);
-				return 0;
-			}
+	++ptr;
+	found = 0;
+
+	for (v = values; v; v = v->next) {
+		if (!strcasecmp(v->id, ptr)) {
+			snprintf(value, valuesz, "%s", v->val);
+			return 0;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -196,6 +197,76 @@ _sc_get(config_info_t *config, const char *key, char *value, size_t valuesz)
 }
 
 
+static int
+_sc_set(config_info_t *config, const char *key, const char *value)
+{
+	char buf[1024];
+	struct node *n, **nodes = &((struct parser_context *)config)->node_list;
+	struct value *v, **values = &((struct parser_context *)config)->val_list;
+	char *ptr;
+	char *slash;
+	char *id_dup, *val_dup;
+	int found = 0;
+
+	ptr = (char *)key;
+	while ((slash = strchr(ptr, '/'))) {
+		memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
+		strncpy(buf, ptr, (slash - ptr));
+		ptr = ++slash;
+		found = 0;
+
+		for (n = *nodes; n; n = n->next) {
+			if (strcasecmp(n->id, buf))
+				continue;
+
+			nodes = &n->nodes;
+			values = &n->values;
+			found = 1;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (!found) {
+			id_dup = strdup(buf);
+			if (!id_dup)
+				return -1;
+			_sc_node_add(id_dup, NULL, NULL, nodes);
+			n = *nodes;
+			nodes = &n->nodes;
+			values = &n->values;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (ptr[0] != '@')
+		return 1;
+	++ptr;
+
+	for (v = *values; v; v = v->next) {
+		if (strcasecmp(v->id, ptr))
+			continue;
+
+		ptr = v->val;
+		v->val = strdup(value);
+		if (!v->val) {
+			v->val = ptr;
+			return -1;
+		}
+		free(ptr);
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	id_dup = strdup(ptr);
+	if (!id_dup)
+		return -1;
+	val_dup = strdup(value);
+	if (!val_dup)
+		return -1;
+	_sc_value_add(id_dup, val_dup, values);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
 static int
 _sc_parse(const char *filename, config_info_t **config)
 {
@@ -239,6 +310,7 @@ _sc_parse(const char *filename, config_info_t **config)
 
 static const config_object_t sc_object = {
 	.get = _sc_get,
+	.set = _sc_set,
 	.parse = _sc_parse,
 	.free = _sc_free,
 	.dump = _sc_dump,
diff --git a/config/simpleconfig.h b/config/simpleconfig.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a65b3b..0000000
--- a/config/simpleconfig.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef _SIMPLECONFIG_H
-#define _SIMPLECONFIG_H
-
-typedef void config_info_t;
-
-typedef int (*config_get_t)(config_info_t *config, const char *key,
-			    char *value, size_t valuesz);
-typedef int (*config_parse_t)(const char *filename, config_info_t **config);
-typedef int (*config_free_t)(config_info_t *config);
-typedef void (*config_dump_t)(config_info_t *config, FILE *fp);
-
-/*
- * We use an abstract object here so we do not have to link loadable
- * modules against the configuration library.
- */
-
-typedef struct {
-	config_get_t get;
-	config_parse_t parse;
-	config_free_t free;
-	config_dump_t dump;
-	config_info_t *info;
-} config_object_t;
-
-/*
- * These macros may be called from within a loadable module
- */
-#define sc_get(obj, key, value, valuesz) \
-	obj->get(obj->info, key, value, valuesz)
-#define sc_parse(obj, filename) \
-	obj->parse(filename, &obj->info)
-#define sc_free(obj) \
-	obj->free(obj->info)
-#define sc_dump(obj, fp) \
-	obj->dump(obj->info, fp)
-
-/*
- * Do not call the below functions from loadable modules.  Doing so 
- * requires linking the configuration library in to the modules, which
- * is what we want to avoid.
- */
-
-/* Returns a copy of our simple config object */
-config_object_t *sc_init(void);
-
-/* Frees a previously-allocated copy of our simple config object */
-void sc_release(config_object_t *c);
-
-#endif
diff --git a/include/simpleconfig.h b/include/simpleconfig.h
index 6a65b3b..ada10b4 100644
--- a/include/simpleconfig.h
+++ b/include/simpleconfig.h
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ typedef void config_info_t;
 
 typedef int (*config_get_t)(config_info_t *config, const char *key,
 			    char *value, size_t valuesz);
+typedef int (*config_set_t)(config_info_t *config, const char *key,
+			    const char *value);
 typedef int (*config_parse_t)(const char *filename, config_info_t **config);
 typedef int (*config_free_t)(config_info_t *config);
 typedef void (*config_dump_t)(config_info_t *config, FILE *fp);
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ typedef void (*config_dump_t)(config_info_t *config, FILE *fp);
 
 typedef struct {
 	config_get_t get;
+	config_set_t set;
 	config_parse_t parse;
 	config_free_t free;
 	config_dump_t dump;
@@ -27,6 +30,8 @@ typedef struct {
  */
 #define sc_get(obj, key, value, valuesz) \
 	obj->get(obj->info, key, value, valuesz)
+#define sc_set(obj, key, value) \
+	obj->set(obj->info, key, value)
 #define sc_parse(obj, filename) \
 	obj->parse(filename, &obj->info)
 #define sc_free(obj) \
diff --git a/server/libvirt.c b/server/libvirt.c
index 5fff382..97a2914 100644
--- a/server/libvirt.c
+++ b/server/libvirt.c
@@ -346,8 +346,12 @@ libvirt_init(backend_context_t *c, config_object_t *config)
 	if (!info)
 		return -1;
 
+	dbg_printf(5, "[%s:%d %s]\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, __FUNCTION__);
 	memset(info, 0, sizeof(*info));
 
+	if (sc_get(config, "fence_virtd/@debug", value, sizeof(value))==0)
+		dset(atoi(value));
+
 	if (sc_get(config, "backends/libvirt/@uri",
 		   value, sizeof(value)) == 0) {
 		uri = strdup(value);
diff --git a/server/main.c b/server/main.c
index 341be7e..e124216 100644
--- a/server/main.c
+++ b/server/main.c
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 			config_file = optarg;
 			break;
 		case 'd':
-			dset(atoi(optarg));
-			debug_set = 1;
+			debug_set = atoi(optarg);
 			break;
 		default: 
 			return -1;
@@ -54,11 +53,16 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (!debug_set) {
-		if (sc_get(config, "fence_virtd/@debug",
-			   val, sizeof(val)) == 0)
-			dset(atoi(val));
+	if (debug_set) {
+		snprintf(val, sizeof(val), "%d", debug_set);
+		sc_set(config, "fence_virtd/@debug", val);
+	} else {
+		if (sc_get(config, "fence_virtd/@debug", val, sizeof(val))==0)
+			debug_set = atoi(val);
 	}
+
+	dset(debug_set);
+
 	if (!foreground) {
 		if (sc_get(config, "fence_virtd/@foreground",
 			   val, sizeof(val)) == 0)
diff --git a/server/mcast.c b/server/mcast.c
index ef8f545..49b1fef 100644
--- a/server/mcast.c
+++ b/server/mcast.c
@@ -343,6 +343,9 @@ mcast_config(config_object_t *config, mcast_options *args)
 	char value[1024];
 	int errors = 0;
 
+	if (sc_get(config, "fence_virtd/@debug", value, sizeof(value))==0)
+		dset(atoi(value));
+
 	if (sc_get(config, "listeners/multicast/@key_file",
 		   value, sizeof(value)-1) == 0) {
 		dbg_printf(1, "Got %s for key_file\n", value);
diff --git a/server/null.c b/server/null.c
index 16871d3..506365c 100644
--- a/server/null.c
+++ b/server/null.c
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@
 #include <malloc.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
-/* Local includes */
-#include "debug.h"
-
 
 #define NAME "null"
 #define VERSION "0.8"