diff --git a/fanficdownloader/configurable.py b/fanficdownloader/configurable.py
index a909ec6..24296c4 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/configurable.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/configurable.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class Configurable(object):
         return self.configuration.hasConfig(key)
         
     def getConfig(self, key, default=""):
-        return self.configuration.getConfig(key)
+        return self.configuration.getConfig(key,default)
 
     def getConfigList(self, key):
         return self.configuration.getConfigList(key)
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/story.py b/fanficdownloader/story.py
index a5731f3..ac630d8 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/story.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/story.py
@@ -293,7 +293,9 @@ class Story(Configurable):
                     value = commaGroups(value)
                 if key == "numChapters":
                     value = commaGroups("%d"%value)
-                if key in ("dateCreated","datePublished","dateUpdated"):
+                if key in ("dateCreated"):
+                    value = value.strftime(self.getConfig(key+"_format","%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"))
+                if key in ("datePublished","dateUpdated"):
                     value = value.strftime(self.getConfig(key+"_format","%Y-%m-%d"))
 
             if doreplacements: