diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c5f294ba..427025a4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -18277,3 +18277,6 @@
 	* Removed the 'rlm_xmpad' RLM.
 2019-01-05 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
 	* Added a 'PyPAD.Receiver::setTimerCallback()' method.
+2019-01-05 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
+	* Modified the 'PyPAD.setConfigFile()' method to return a
+	configparser object.
diff --git a/apis/PyPAD/api/PyPAD.py b/apis/PyPAD/api/PyPAD.py
index 24f87511..bbd1d2a7 100644
--- a/apis/PyPAD/api/PyPAD.py
+++ b/apis/PyPAD/api/PyPAD.py
@@ -786,6 +786,9 @@ class Receiver(object):
            to be an unsigned integer ID that is used to retrieve the
            configuration from the 'PYPAD_INSTANCES' table in the database
            pointed to by '/etc/rd.conf'.
+
+           Returns a configparser object created from the specified
+           configuration.
         """
         if filename[0]=='$':  # Get the config from the DB
             db=self.__openDb()
@@ -803,6 +806,9 @@ class Receiver(object):
             self.__config_parser.readfp(fp)
             fp.close()
 
+        return self.__config_parser
+
+
     def start(self,hostname,port):
         """
            Connect to a Rivendell system and begin processing PAD events.