diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index 1f46f61..c6828aa 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
    add this to your =project.clj='s =:dependencies=:
 
   #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
-  [clj-btc "0.1.0"]
+  [clj-btc "0.1.1"]
   #+END_EXAMPLE
 
 ** [[http://maven.apache.org/][Maven]]
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <dependency>
     <groupId>clj-btc</groupId>
     <artifactId>clj-btc</artifactId>
-    <version>0.1.0</version>
+    <version>0.1.1</version>
   </dependency>
   #+END_EXAMPLE
 
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index a593873..5741863 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject clj-btc "0.2.0-SNAPSHOT"
+(defproject clj-btc "0.1.1"
   :description "Clojure bindings for the original (C++) Bitcoin Client"
   :url "https://github.com/aviad/clj-btc"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
diff --git a/src/clj_btc/config.clj b/src/clj_btc/config.clj
index 9219e64..6496d31 100644
--- a/src/clj_btc/config.clj
+++ b/src/clj_btc/config.clj
@@ -13,7 +13,16 @@
 
 (set! *warn-on-reflection* true)
 
-;;; config file related functions
+(defn- read-prop-val
+  "*Safely* Read a string parsed from the properties file, and parse
+  it as: Integer, Boolean, String. Otherwise, throw an exception."
+  [inp]
+  (try (Long/parseLong inp)
+       (catch NumberFormatException _
+         (if (contains? #{"true" "false"} inp)
+           (Boolean/parseBoolean inp)
+           inp))))
+
 (defn- default-config-file
   "Return the full path (as a vector of strings) to the default bitcoin.conf
    file, by OS (default Linux). This is in accordance with
@@ -37,7 +46,7 @@
         (with-open [reader (jio/reader file-name)]
           (let [props (java.util.Properties.)]
             (.load props reader)
-            (into {} (for [[k v] props] [(keyword k) (read-string v)]))))
+            (into {} (for [[k v] props] [(keyword k) (read-prop-val v)]))))
         testnet (and (integer? (:testnet config))
                      (> (:testnet config) 0))]
     ;; add default values