diff --git a/pyipptool/__init__.py b/pyipptool/__init__.py
index 52bf94e..a736fda 100644
--- a/pyipptool/__init__.py
+++ b/pyipptool/__init__.py
@@ -1,38 +1,8 @@
-import ConfigParser
-import os
-
+from .config import get_config
 from .core import IPPToolWrapper
 
 
-def read_config(paths=('/etc/opt/pyipptool/pyipptool.cfg',
-                       os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'),
-                                    '.pyipptool.cfg'))):
-    config = {}
-    fs_config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
-    fs_config.read(paths)
-    config['ipptool_path'] = fs_config.get('main', 'ipptool_path')
-    try:
-        config['login'] = fs_config.get('main', 'login')
-    except ConfigParser.NoOptionError:
-        pass
-    try:
-        config['password'] = fs_config.get('main', 'password')
-    except ConfigParser.NoOptionError:
-        pass
-    try:
-        config['graceful_shutdown_time'] = fs_config.getint(
-            'main',
-            'graceful_shutdown_time')
-    except ConfigParser.NoOptionError:
-        config['graceful_shutdown_time'] = 2
-    try:
-        config['timeout'] = fs_config.getint('main', 'timeout')
-    except ConfigParser.NoOptionError:
-        config['timeout'] = 10
-    return config
-
-
-config = read_config()
+config = get_config()
 
 wrapper = IPPToolWrapper(config)
 create_job_subscriptions = wrapper.create_job_subscriptions
diff --git a/pyipptool/config.py b/pyipptool/config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afd73dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyipptool/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import ConfigParser
+import os
+
+
+def read_config(paths=()):
+    config = {}
+    fs_config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
+    fs_config.read(paths)
+    config['ipptool_path'] = fs_config.get('main', 'ipptool_path')
+    try:
+        config['login'] = fs_config.get('main', 'login')
+    except ConfigParser.NoOptionError:
+        pass
+    try:
+        config['password'] = fs_config.get('main', 'password')
+    except ConfigParser.NoOptionError:
+        pass
+    try:
+        config['graceful_shutdown_time'] = fs_config.getint(
+            'main',
+            'graceful_shutdown_time')
+    except ConfigParser.NoOptionError:
+        config['graceful_shutdown_time'] = 2
+    try:
+        config['timeout'] = fs_config.getint('main', 'timeout')
+    except ConfigParser.NoOptionError:
+        config['timeout'] = 10
+    return config
+
+
+class LazyConfig(dict):
+    def __init__(self, paths):
+        self.paths = paths
+        self.loaded = False
+
+    def __getitem__(self, key):
+        if not self.loaded:
+            self.update(read_config(self.paths))
+            self.loaded = True
+        return super(LazyConfig, self).__getitem__(key)
+
+
+def get_config(paths=('/etc/opt/pyipptool/pyipptool.cfg',
+                      os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'),
+                                   '.pyipptool.cfg'))):
+    return LazyConfig(paths)
diff --git a/tests/test_highlevel.py b/tests/test_highlevel.py
index 402b797..ab1c41a 100644
--- a/tests/test_highlevel.py
+++ b/tests/test_highlevel.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class Handler(BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         """
 
         def do_POST(self):
-            time.sleep(.5)
+            time.sleep(.2)
             assassin = threading.Thread(target=self.server.shutdown)
             assassin.daemon = True
             assassin.start()