diff --git a/lib/config.py b/lib/config.py
index c4387228..c11e140a 100755
--- a/lib/config.py
+++ b/lib/config.py
@@ -43,9 +43,13 @@ def parse(filename, config=None):
     with open(filename, 'r', encoding='UTF-8') as f:
         linenu = 0
         parent = collections.OrderedDict()
-        for raw in f.readlines():
+        lines = iter(f.readlines())
+        for raw in lines:
             linenu += 1
             line = raw.lstrip('\ufeff')  # remove BOM
+            while line.rstrip().endswith('\\'):
+                linenu += 1
+                line = line.rstrip().rstrip('\\') + next(lines, '').lstrip()
             line = line.partition('#')[0].strip()
             if line is '':
                 continue