diff --git a/src/tools/config.py b/src/tools/config.py
index e1a17766..fbc3ff2a 100644
--- a/src/tools/config.py
+++ b/src/tools/config.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ log = getLogger(__name__)
 from sat.core.constants import Const as C
 from sat.core.i18n import _
 
-from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
+from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser, DEFAULTSECT
 from xdg import BaseDirectory
 import os
 
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ def fixConfigOption(section, option, value, silent=True):
     if not target_file:
         # ... otherwise we create a new config file for that user
         target_file = BaseDirectory.save_config_path('sat') + '/sat.conf'
+    if section and section.upper() != DEFAULTSECT and not config.has_section(section):
+        config.add_section(section)
     config.set(section, option, value)
     with open(target_file, 'wb') as configfile:
         config.write(configfile)  # for the next time that user launches sat