diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e472bca..46e72b6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ python:
   - "2.7"
 install:
   # Build/test dependencies
-  - pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements-test.txt --use-mirrors
-script: ./test.sh -v
+  - pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements-test.txt
 notifications:
   irc:
     channels: "irc.freenode.org#vitasso"
     on_success: change
     on_failure: change
+script:
+  - ./test.sh
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a96f1df..d23faca 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 requests==0.13.8
 simplejson==2.6.1
 wsgiref==0.1.2
+dpath==1.4.0
diff --git a/sensu/utils.py b/sensu/utils.py
index 2a25bee..dbbc258 100644
--- a/sensu/utils.py
+++ b/sensu/utils.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     import simplejson as json
 except ImportError:
     import json
+import dpath 
 
 def api_request(host=None, path='', method='get', \
     data=None, params={}):
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ def load_config(filename=None):
 def load_settings():
     data = {}
     for cfg in get_config_files():
-        data = dict(data.items() + load_config(cfg).items())
+        dpath.util.merge(data,load_config(cfg))
     return data
 
 def read_event(data=None):