diff --git a/bin/swift-account-stats-logger b/bin/swift-account-stats-logger
index fc7b128270..c42554de82 100755
--- a/bin/swift-account-stats-logger
+++ b/bin/swift-account-stats-logger
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import sys
 
-from swift.account_stats import AccountStat
+from swift.stats.account_stats import AccountStat
 from swift.common import utils
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/swift/stats/account_stats.py b/swift/stats/account_stats.py
index 12c473cfdf..60b7bbf684 100644
--- a/swift/stats/account_stats.py
+++ b/swift/stats/account_stats.py
@@ -15,20 +15,23 @@
 
 import os
 import time
+from paste.deploy import appconfig
 
 from swift.account.server import DATADIR as account_server_data_dir
 from swift.common.db import AccountBroker
 from swift.common.internal_proxy import InternalProxy
-from swift.common.utils import renamer, get_logger
+from swift.common.utils import renamer, get_logger, readconf
 from swift.common.daemon import Daemon
 
 class AccountStat(Daemon):
     def __init__(self, stats_conf):
-        super(self, AccountStat).__init__(stats_conf)
+        super(AccountStat, self).__init__(stats_conf)
         target_dir = stats_conf.get('log_dir', '/var/log/swift')
+        #TODO: figure out the server configs. also figure out internal_proxy
         account_server_conf_loc = stats_conf.get('account_server_conf',
                                              '/etc/swift/account-server.conf')
-        server_conf = utils.readconf(account_server_conf_loc, 'account-server')
+        server_conf = appconfig('config:%s' % account_server_conf_loc,
+                                name='account-server')
         filename_format = stats_conf['source_filename_format']
         self.filename_format = filename_format
         self.target_dir = target_dir
diff --git a/swift/stats/log_processor.py b/swift/stats/log_processor.py
index 66344ae106..d02cabbbf6 100644
--- a/swift/stats/log_processor.py
+++ b/swift/stats/log_processor.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import time
 import datetime
 import cStringIO
 import collections
+from paste.deploy import appconfig
 
 from swift.common.internal_proxy import InternalProxy
 from swift.common.exceptions import ChunkReadTimeout
@@ -31,7 +32,8 @@ class LogProcessor(object):
         
         proxy_server_conf_loc = stats_conf.get('proxy_server_conf',
                                                '/etc/swift/proxy-server.conf')
-        self.proxy_server_conf = readconf(proxy_server_conf_loc, 'proxy-server')
+        self.proxy_server_conf = appconfig('config:%s' % proxy_server_conf_loc,
+                                            name='proxy-server')
         if isinstance(logger, tuple):
             self.logger = get_logger(*logger)
         else:
@@ -192,7 +194,7 @@ class LogProcessor(object):
 
 class LogProcessorDaemon(Daemon):
     def __init__(self, conf):
-        super(self, LogProcessorDaemon).__init__(conf)
+        super(LogProcessorDaemon, stats).__init__(conf)
         self.log_processor = LogProcessor(conf, self.logger)
         c = readconf(conf)
         self.lookback_hours = int(c.get('lookback_hours', '120'))
diff --git a/swift/stats/log_uploader.py b/swift/stats/log_uploader.py
index 6634611767..6385574860 100644
--- a/swift/stats/log_uploader.py
+++ b/swift/stats/log_uploader.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import hashlib
 import time
 import gzip
 import glob
+from paste.deploy import appconfig
 
 from swift.common.internal_proxy import InternalProxy
 from swift.common.daemon import Daemon
@@ -41,15 +42,15 @@ class LogUploader(Daemon):
     '''
 
     def __init__(self, uploader_conf, plugin_name):
-        super(self, LogUploader).__init__(uploader_conf)
+        super(LogUploader, self).__init__(uploader_conf)
         log_dir = uploader_conf.get('log_dir', '/var/log/swift/')
         swift_account = uploader_conf['swift_account']
         container_name = uploader_conf['container_name']
         source_filename_format = uploader_conf['source_filename_format']
         proxy_server_conf_loc = uploader_conf.get('proxy_server_conf',
                                             '/etc/swift/proxy-server.conf')
-        proxy_server_conf = utils.readconf(proxy_server_conf_loc,
-                                            'proxy-server')
+        proxy_server_conf = appconfig('config:%s' % proxy_server_conf_loc,
+                                      name='proxy-server')
         if not log_dir.endswith('/'):
             log_dir = log_dir + '/'
         self.log_dir = log_dir