diff --git a/UPGRADE.txt b/UPGRADE.txt
index e337850312c33551d34376a5194394a8481b45ae..3aa6cb31015b6d78515f6d820fb2db55dab854e2 100644
--- a/UPGRADE.txt
+++ b/UPGRADE.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Configuration Files:
    parses configuration files.  This makes configuration files more consistent
    with what is expected across modules.
 
-   - cdr.conf: [general] section
+   - cdr.conf: [general] and [csv] sections
    - dnsmgr.conf
 
 SIP
diff --git a/cdr/cdr_csv.c b/cdr/cdr_csv.c
index 068b7a9a2f0035c6fb0dbab6bda91c0a33f502f6..b629290ebe444d1fb83d6ddc3465800eb94a94df 100644
--- a/cdr/cdr_csv.c
+++ b/cdr/cdr_csv.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ ASTERISK_FILE_VERSION(__FILE__, "$Revision$")
 #define DATE_FORMAT "%Y-%m-%d %T"
 
 static int usegmtime = 0;
-static int accountlogs;
+static int accountlogs = 1;
 static int loguniqueid = 0;
 static int loguserfield = 0;
 static int loaded = 0;
@@ -95,52 +95,38 @@ AST_MUTEX_DEFINE_STATIC(acf_lock);
 static int load_config(int reload)
 {
 	struct ast_config *cfg;
-	struct ast_variable *var;
-	const char *tmp;
+	struct ast_variable *v;
 	struct ast_flags config_flags = { reload ? CONFIG_FLAG_FILEUNCHANGED : 0 };
 
 	if (!(cfg = ast_config_load(config, config_flags)) || cfg == CONFIG_STATUS_FILEINVALID) {
 		ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "unable to load config: %s\n", config);
 		return 0;
-	} else if (cfg == CONFIG_STATUS_FILEUNCHANGED)
+	} else if (cfg == CONFIG_STATUS_FILEUNCHANGED) {
 		return 1;
+	}
 
 	accountlogs = 1;
 	usegmtime = 0;
 	loguniqueid = 0;
 	loguserfield = 0;
 
-	if (!(var = ast_variable_browse(cfg, "csv"))) {
+	if (!(v = ast_variable_browse(cfg, "csv"))) {
 		ast_config_destroy(cfg);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if ((tmp = ast_variable_retrieve(cfg, "csv", "usegmtime"))) {
-		usegmtime = ast_true(tmp);
-		if (usegmtime)
-			ast_debug(1, "logging time in GMT\n");
-	}
-
-	/* Turn on/off separate files per accountcode. Default is on (as before) */
-	if ((tmp = ast_variable_retrieve(cfg, "csv", "accountlogs"))) {
- 		accountlogs = ast_true(tmp);
- 		if (accountlogs) {
-			ast_debug(1, "logging in separate files per accountcode\n");
- 		}
- 	}
-
-	if ((tmp = ast_variable_retrieve(cfg, "csv", "loguniqueid"))) {
-		loguniqueid = ast_true(tmp);
-		if (loguniqueid)
-			ast_debug(1, "logging CDR field UNIQUEID\n");
-	}
-
-	if ((tmp = ast_variable_retrieve(cfg, "csv", "loguserfield"))) {
-		loguserfield = ast_true(tmp);
-		if (loguserfield)
-			ast_debug(1, "logging CDR user-defined field\n");
+	for (; v; v = v->next) {
+		if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "usegmtime")) {
+			usegmtime = ast_true(v->value);
+		} else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "accountlogs")) {
+			/* Turn on/off separate files per accountcode. Default is on (as before) */
+			accountlogs = ast_true(v->value);
+		} else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "loguniqueid")) {
+			loguniqueid = ast_true(v->value);
+		} else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "loguserfield")) {
+			loguserfield = ast_true(v->value);
+		}
 	}
-
 	ast_config_destroy(cfg);
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -337,8 +323,9 @@ static int load_module(void)
 {
 	int res;
 
-	if(!load_config(0))
+	if (!load_config(0)) {
 		return AST_MODULE_LOAD_DECLINE;
+	}
 
 	if ((res = ast_cdr_register(name, ast_module_info->description, csv_log))) {
 		ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "Unable to register CSV CDR handling\n");