From b2fc5a6fcdd7d8974ad6b80e52d1e4f3fc4f1c33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Chung <kchung@nyu.edu>
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2017 02:51:28 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] improving get_config (#240)

---
 CTFd/utils.py | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CTFd/utils.py b/CTFd/utils.py
index b86e2098..2d13bdee 100644
--- a/CTFd/utils.py
+++ b/CTFd/utils.py
@@ -361,6 +361,18 @@ def delete_file(filename):
 
 @cache.memoize()
 def get_config(key):
+    with app.app_context():
+        value = app.config.get(key)
+        if value:
+            if value and value.isdigit():
+                return int(value)
+            elif value and isinstance(value, six.string_types):
+                if value.lower() == 'true':
+                    return True
+                elif value.lower() == 'false':
+                    return False
+                else:
+                    return value
     config = Config.query.filter_by(key=key).first()
     if config and config.value:
         value = config.value