diff --git a/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini b/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
index a0832d9..ebaa3f7 100644
--- a/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
+++ b/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
@@ -392,8 +392,8 @@ add_to_replace_metadata:
  tagsfromtitle=>^.*?([\(\[]([^\]\)]+)[\)\]]).*?$=>\1
 # remove () []
  tagsfromtitle=>[\(\)\[\]]=>
-# change (spaces)slash(spaces) to comma
- tagsfromtitle=> */ *=>,
+# change (spaces)slash(or semicolon)(spaces) to comma
+ tagsfromtitle=> *[/;] *=>,
  tagsfromtitle=> x =>,
  
 # remove [] or () blocks and leading/trailing spaces/dashes/colons
diff --git a/fanficfare/cli.py b/fanficfare/cli.py
index 2291d12..74f5750 100644
--- a/fanficfare/cli.py
+++ b/fanficfare/cli.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #
 
 from optparse import OptionParser
-from os.path import expanduser, isfile, join, dirname
+from os.path import expanduser, join, dirname
 from os import access, R_OK
 from subprocess import call
 import ConfigParser
@@ -214,25 +214,18 @@ def do_download(arg,
     if passed_defaultsini:
         configuration.readfp(passed_defaultsini)
 
-    if isfile(join(dirname(__file__), 'defaults.ini')):
-        conflist.append(join(dirname(__file__), 'defaults.ini'))
-        
-    if isfile(join(homepath, 'defaults.ini')):
-        conflist.append(join(homepath, 'defaults.ini'))
-    if isfile(join(homepath2, 'defaults.ini')):
-        conflist.append(join(homepath2, 'defaults.ini'))
-    if isfile('defaults.ini'):
-        conflist.append('defaults.ini')
+    # don't need to check existance for our selves.
+    conflist.append(join(dirname(__file__), 'defaults.ini'))
+    conflist.append(join(homepath, 'defaults.ini'))
+    conflist.append(join(homepath2, 'defaults.ini'))
+    conflist.append('defaults.ini')
 
     if passed_personalini:
         configuration.readfp(passed_personalini)
 
-    if isfile(join(homepath, 'personal.ini')):
-        conflist.append(join(homepath, 'personal.ini'))
-    if isfile(join(homepath2, 'personal.ini')):
-        conflist.append(join(homepath2, 'personal.ini'))
-    if isfile('personal.ini'):
-        conflist.append('personal.ini')
+    conflist.append(join(homepath, 'personal.ini'))
+    conflist.append(join(homepath2, 'personal.ini'))
+    conflist.append('personal.ini')
 
     if options.configfile:
         conflist.extend(options.configfile)
diff --git a/fanficfare/configurable.py b/fanficfare/configurable.py
index 61b306d..d7168aa 100644
--- a/fanficfare/configurable.py
+++ b/fanficfare/configurable.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 import ConfigParser, re
 import exceptions
+import codecs
 from ConfigParser import DEFAULTSECT, MissingSectionHeaderError, ParsingError
 
 # All of the writers(epub,html,txt) and adapters(ffnet,twlt,etc)
@@ -459,6 +460,30 @@ class Configuration(ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser):
         else:
             return self.linenos.get(section,None)
     
+    ## Copied from Python 2.7 library so as to make read utf8.
+    def read(self, filenames):
+        """Read and parse a filename or a list of filenames.
+        Files that cannot be opened are silently ignored; this is
+        designed so that you can specify a list of potential
+        configuration file locations (e.g. current directory, user's
+        home directory, systemwide directory), and all existing
+        configuration files in the list will be read.  A single
+        filename may also be given.
+        Return list of successfully read files.
+        """
+        if isinstance(filenames, basestring):
+            filenames = [filenames]
+        read_ok = []
+        for filename in filenames:
+            try:
+                fp = codecs.open(filename,encoding='utf-8')
+            except IOError:
+                continue
+            self._read(fp, filename)
+            fp.close()
+            read_ok.append(filename)
+        return read_ok
+    
     ## Copied from Python 2.7 library so as to make it save linenos too.
     #
     # Regular expressions for parsing section headers and options.
diff --git a/fanficfare/defaults.ini b/fanficfare/defaults.ini
index 856bfa3..b0a4754 100644
--- a/fanficfare/defaults.ini
+++ b/fanficfare/defaults.ini
@@ -389,8 +389,8 @@ add_to_replace_metadata:
  tagsfromtitle=>^.*?([\(\[]([^\]\)]+)[\)\]]).*?$=>\1
 # remove () []
  tagsfromtitle=>[\(\)\[\]]=>
-# change (spaces)slash(spaces) to comma
- tagsfromtitle=> */ *=>,
+# change (spaces)slash(or semicolon)(spaces) to comma
+ tagsfromtitle=> *[/;] *=>,
  tagsfromtitle=> x =>,
  
 # remove [] or () blocks and leading/trailing spaces/dashes/colons