diff --git a/src/managerimpl.cpp b/src/managerimpl.cpp
index a09d059b0e3c842ad3c19e85ee3f1943a49e6d15..678d2c371296a9012a2432501d9df486a0fa0d0e 100644
--- a/src/managerimpl.cpp
+++ b/src/managerimpl.cpp
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ ManagerImpl::createSettingsPath (void) {
  * Initialization: Main Thread
  */
   void
-ManagerImpl::initConfigFile (void) 
+ManagerImpl::initConfigFile ( bool load_user_value ) 
 {
   std::string mes = gettext("Init config file\n");
   _debug("%s",mes.c_str());
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ ManagerImpl::initConfigFile (void)
   fill_config_int(CONFIG_PA_VOLUME_CTRL , YES_STR);
 
   // Loads config from ~/.sflphone/sflphonedrc or so..
-  if (createSettingsPath() == 1) {
+  if (createSettingsPath() == 1 && load_user_value) {
     _exist = _config.populateFromFile(_path);
   }
 
@@ -1110,6 +1110,7 @@ ManagerImpl::getActiveCodecList( void )
     std::stringstream ss;
     ss << active[i];
     v.push_back((ss.str()).data());
+    _debug("%s\n", ss.str().data());
     i++;
   }
   return v;
diff --git a/src/managerimpl.h b/src/managerimpl.h
index a57bb332819fdaef1d492bd64c238336e0c8e714..3fbffe3110cb8f051bdf376c375ca92796e0d918 100644
--- a/src/managerimpl.h
+++ b/src/managerimpl.h
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ class ManagerImpl {
      * Fills the local _config (Conf::ConfigTree) with the default contents.
      * Called in main.cpp, just before Manager::init().
      */
-    void initConfigFile (void);
+    void initConfigFile ( bool load_user_value = true );
 
     /**
      * Tell if the setup was already loaded
diff --git a/test/configurationTest.cpp b/test/configurationTest.cpp
index aa4a1dc7dd24718f9fb9779503e9fa934e43d17b..f7c0ae7a6a55e9263ada348c39551039de0adf3d 100644
--- a/test/configurationTest.cpp
+++ b/test/configurationTest.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include "manager.h"
 #include "global.h"
+#include "user_cfg.h"
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 
@@ -25,28 +26,28 @@ class ConfigurationTest : public CppUnit::TestCase {
         ConfigurationTest() : CppUnit::TestCase("Configuration Tests") {}
  
         void testDefaultValueAudio(){
-            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigInt( AUDIO, ALSA_CARD_ID_IN ) == 0 );
-            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigInt( AUDIO, ALSA_CARD_ID_IN ) == 0 );
-            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigInt( AUDIO, ALSA_SAMPLE_RATE ) == 44100 );
-            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigInt( AUDIO, ALSA_FRAME_SIZE ) == 20 );
-            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigString( AUDIO, ALSA_PLUGIN ) == "default" );
-            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigInt( AUDIO, VOLUME_SPKR ) == 100 );
-            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigInt( AUDIO, VOLUME_MICRO ) == 50 );
+            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigString( AUDIO, ALSA_CARD_ID_IN ) == ALSA_DFT_CARD) ;
+            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigString( AUDIO, ALSA_CARD_ID_OUT ) == ALSA_DFT_CARD );
+            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigString( AUDIO, ALSA_SAMPLE_RATE ) == DFT_SAMPLE_RATE);
+            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigString( AUDIO, ALSA_FRAME_SIZE ) == DFT_FRAME_SIZE) ;
+            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigString( AUDIO, ALSA_PLUGIN ) == PCM_DEFAULT );
+            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigString( AUDIO, VOLUME_SPKR ) == DFT_VOL_SPKR_STR);
+            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigString( AUDIO, VOLUME_MICRO ) == DFT_VOL_MICRO_STR);
         }
 
         void testDefaultValuePreferences(){
-            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigString( PREFERENCES, ZONE_TONE ) == "North America" );
-            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigInt( PREFERENCES, CONFIG_ZEROCONF ) == 0 );
-            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigInt( PREFERENCES, CONFIG_DIALPAD ) == 0 );
-            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigInt( PREFERENCES, CONFIG_RINGTONE ) == 1 );
-            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigInt( PREFERENCES, CONFIG_SEARCHBAR ) == 1 );
-            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigInt( PREFERENCES, CONFIG_START ) == 0 );
-            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigInt( PREFERENCES, CONFIG_POPUP ) == 1 );
-            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigInt( PREFERENCES, CONFIG_NOTIFY ) == 1 );
-            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigInt( PREFERENCES, CONFIG_MAIL_NOTIFY ) == 0 );
-            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigInt( PREFERENCES, CONFIG_VOLUME ) == 0 );
-            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigInt( PREFERENCES, REGISTRATION_EXPIRE ) == 180 );
-            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigInt( PREFERENCES, CONFIG_AUDIO ) == 0 );
+            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigString( PREFERENCES, ZONE_TONE ) == DFT_ZONE );
+            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigString( PREFERENCES, CONFIG_ZEROCONF ) == CONFIG_ZEROCONF_DEFAULT_STR );
+            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigString( PREFERENCES, CONFIG_DIALPAD ) == YES_STR );
+            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigString( PREFERENCES, CONFIG_RINGTONE ) == YES_STR );
+            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigString( PREFERENCES, CONFIG_SEARCHBAR ) == YES_STR );
+            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigString( PREFERENCES, CONFIG_START ) == NO_STR );
+            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigString( PREFERENCES, CONFIG_POPUP ) == YES_STR );
+            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigString( PREFERENCES, CONFIG_NOTIFY ) == YES_STR );
+            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigString( PREFERENCES, CONFIG_MAIL_NOTIFY ) == NO_STR );
+            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigString( PREFERENCES, CONFIG_VOLUME ) == YES_STR );
+            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigString( PREFERENCES, REGISTRATION_EXPIRE ) == DFT_EXPIRE_VALUE );
+            CPPUNIT_ASSERT( Manager::instance().getConfigString( PREFERENCES, CONFIG_AUDIO ) == DFT_AUDIO_MANAGER );
    
         }