diff --git a/src/core/config.c b/src/core/config.c
index b291431..efcce84 100644
--- a/src/core/config.c
+++ b/src/core/config.c
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ static int config_parse_line(char* line, int line_count, void* ptr_data)
 
 	key = strip_white_space(key);
 	data = strip_white_space(data);
+	data = strip_off_quotes(data);
 
 	if (!*key || !*data)
 	{
diff --git a/src/util/misc.c b/src/util/misc.c
index c670638..44ebdd5 100644
--- a/src/util/misc.c
+++ b/src/util/misc.c
@@ -483,3 +483,24 @@ int string_to_boolean(const char* str, int* boolean)
 			return 0;
 	}
 }
+
+char* strip_off_quotes(char* line)
+{
+	size_t len;
+
+	if (!*line)
+		return line;
+
+	len = strlen(line);
+	if (len < 2)
+		return line;
+
+	if ((line[0] == '"' && line[len - 1] == '"') ||
+	    (line[0] == '\'' && line[len - 1] == '\''))
+	{
+		line[len-1] = '\0';
+		return line + 1;
+	}
+	return line;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/util/misc.h b/src/util/misc.h
index 048ee56..10eb967 100644
--- a/src/util/misc.h
+++ b/src/util/misc.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ extern void base32_encode(const unsigned char* buffer, size_t len, char* result)
 extern void base32_decode(const char* src, unsigned char* dst, size_t len);
 extern char* strip_white_space(char* string);
 extern void strip_off_ini_line_comments(char* line, int line_count);
+extern char* strip_off_quotes(char* line);
 
 extern int file_read_lines(const char* file, void* data, file_line_handler_t handler);