diff --git a/src/org/hwo/configuration/ConfigurableObjects.java b/src/org/hwo/configuration/ConfigurableObjects.java
index b4a113c..682c860 100644
--- a/src/org/hwo/configuration/ConfigurableObjects.java
+++ b/src/org/hwo/configuration/ConfigurableObjects.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package org.hwo.configuration;
 
+import static org.hwo.logging.Logging.log;
+import static org.hwo.logging.LogLevel.*;
 import java.io.ObjectInputStream.GetField;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
@@ -7,6 +9,9 @@ import java.util.Hashtable;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 
+import org.hwo.ByteArrayHelper;
+import org.hwo.ByteArrayHexlifier;
+
 public class ConfigurableObjects {
 
 	public static Field[] getConfigurableAttributes(Class<?> clazz){
@@ -37,15 +42,12 @@ public class ConfigurableObjects {
 	
 	public static String getValueAsString(Object value){
 		String s = value.toString();
-		
-		s = s.replaceAll("\\\\","\\\\\\\\");
-		s = s.replaceAll("\\;", "\\\\;");
-		s = s.replaceAll("\\|", "\\\\|");
-		
-		return s;
+		return ByteArrayHexlifier.hexlify(s);
 	}
 	
-	public static Object getValueFromString(String value,Class<?> type) throws ClassCastException{
+	public static Object getValueFromString(String _value,Class<?> type) throws ClassCastException{
+		
+		String value = ByteArrayHexlifier.unhexlify(_value);
 		if (type.equals(String.class))
 			return new String(value);
 		if (type.equals(Integer.class))
@@ -121,11 +123,15 @@ public class ConfigurableObjects {
 		Hashtable<String,String> hash = new Hashtable<String, String>();
 		
 		for (int n=0;n<l.size();n++){
-			String c = l.get(n).replaceAll("\\;", ";").replaceAll("\\|", "|").replaceAll("\\\\", "\\");
+			log(DEBUG,"l: %s",l.get(n));
+			
+			String c = l.get(n);
 			String[] split = c.split("\\=",2);
 			if (split.length==1){
+				log(DEBUG,"split: (%s)",split[0]);
 				hash.put(split[0], "");
 			} else if (split.length==2){
+				log(DEBUG,"split: (%s:%s)",split[0],split[1]);
 				hash.put(split[0], split[1]);
 			}
 		}
@@ -137,9 +143,11 @@ public class ConfigurableObjects {
 				try {
 					f.set(o, getValueFromString(hash.get(f.getName()), f.getType()));
 				} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-					e.printStackTrace();
+					log(e);
 				} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
-					e.printStackTrace();
+					log(e);
+				} catch (ClassCastException e){
+					log(e);
 				}
 			}
 		}