diff --git a/CloudFlare/cloudflare.py b/CloudFlare/cloudflare.py
index f0af3d9..188d3c5 100644
--- a/CloudFlare/cloudflare.py
+++ b/CloudFlare/cloudflare.py
@@ -49,14 +49,17 @@ def __init__(self, config):
             self.network = CFnetwork(use_sessions=self.use_sessions)
             self.user_agent = user_agent()
 
-            if not isinstance(self.email, str):
-                raise ValueError('email argument not string')
-            if not isinstance(self.token, str):
-                raise ValueError('token argument not string')
-            if not isinstance(self.certtoken, str):
-                raise ValueError('certtoken argument not string')
-            if not isinstance(self.base_url, str):
-                raise ValueError('base url argument not string')
+            ## We don't need to check this here as we test for
+            ## this when building the authentication headers
+            ##
+            ##if not isinstance(self.email, str):
+            ##    raise ValueError('email argument not string')
+            ##if not isinstance(self.token, str):
+            ##    raise ValueError('token argument not string')
+            ##if not isinstance(self.certtoken, str):
+            ##    raise ValueError('certtoken argument not string')
+            ##if not isinstance(self.base_url, str):
+            ##    raise ValueError('base url argument not string')
 
             if 'debug' in config and config['debug']:
                 self.logger = CFlogger(config['debug']).getLogger()
diff --git a/CloudFlare/read_configs.py b/CloudFlare/read_configs.py
index 41834fb..653c63a 100644
--- a/CloudFlare/read_configs.py
+++ b/CloudFlare/read_configs.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def read_configs(profile=None):
     # envioronment variables override config files - so setup first
     config['email'] = os.getenv('CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL') if os.getenv('CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL') != None else os.getenv('CF_API_EMAIL')
     config['token'] = os.getenv('CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY') if os.getenv('CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY') != None else os.getenv('CF_API_KEY')
-    config['certtoken'] = os.getenv('CLOUDFLARE_API_CERTKEY') if os.getenv('CLOUDFLARE_API_CERTKEY') != None else  os.getenv('CF_API_CERTKEY')
+    config['certtoken'] = os.getenv('CLOUDFLARE_API_CERTKEY') if os.getenv('CLOUDFLARE_API_CERTKEY') != None else os.getenv('CF_API_CERTKEY')
     config['extras'] = os.getenv('CLOUDFLARE_API_EXTRAS') if os.getenv('CLOUDFLARE_API_EXTRAS') != None else os.getenv('CF_API_EXTRAS')
     config['base_url'] = os.getenv('CLOUDFLARE_API_URL') if os.getenv('CLOUDFLARE_API_URL') != None else os.getenv('CF_API_URL')
     if profile is None: