diff --git a/_darcs/inventory b/_darcs/inventory
index 6b875d2ae7..e7100599a4 100644
--- a/_darcs/inventory
+++ b/_darcs/inventory
@@ -110,4 +110,6 @@ Evan Prodromou <evan@prodromou.name>**20081230210114]
 [implement the api/laconica/config method
 Evan Prodromou <evan@prodromou.name>**20081230211444] 
 [better serialization of arrays and booleans in config output
-Evan Prodromou <evan@prodromou.name>**20081230211957] 
\ No newline at end of file
+Evan Prodromou <evan@prodromou.name>**20081230211957] 
+[wrapper element for config.xml
+Evan Prodromou <evan@prodromou.name>**20081230212202] 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/_darcs/patches/20081230212202-84dde-d6439ad7061a56c9de0168ced3d95436ca20cb59.gz b/_darcs/patches/20081230212202-84dde-d6439ad7061a56c9de0168ced3d95436ca20cb59.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2fbd4fe4fd
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diff --git a/_darcs/pristine/actions/twitapilaconica.php b/_darcs/pristine/actions/twitapilaconica.php
index 17b7b08729..722423faec 100644
--- a/_darcs/pristine/actions/twitapilaconica.php
+++ b/_darcs/pristine/actions/twitapilaconica.php
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ class TwitapilaconicaAction extends TwitterapiAction
         switch ($apidata['content-type']) {
          case 'xml':
             $this->init_document('xml');
+            common_element_start('config');
             // XXX: check that all sections and settings are legal XML elements
             foreach ($keys as $section => $settings) {
                 common_element_start($section);
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ class TwitapilaconicaAction extends TwitterapiAction
                 }
                 common_element_end($section);
             }
+            common_element_end('config');
             $this->end_document('xml');
             break;
          case 'json':
diff --git a/_darcs/tentative_pristine b/_darcs/tentative_pristine
index 2a7c664f3f..6a29f612c1 100644
--- a/_darcs/tentative_pristine
+++ b/_darcs/tentative_pristine
@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
-hunk ./actions/twitapilaconica.php 122
--                    common_element($setting, null, common_config($section, $setting));
-+                    $value = common_config($section, $setting);
-+                    if (is_array($value)) {
-+                        $value = implode(',', $value);
-+                    } else if ($value === false) {
-+                        $value = 'false';
-+                    } else if ($value === true) {
-+                        $value = 'true';
-+                    }
-+                    common_element($setting, null, $value);
+hunk ./actions/twitapilaconica.php 118
++            common_element_start('config');
+hunk ./actions/twitapilaconica.php 135
++            common_element_end('config');
diff --git a/actions/twitapilaconica.php b/actions/twitapilaconica.php
index 17b7b08729..722423faec 100644
--- a/actions/twitapilaconica.php
+++ b/actions/twitapilaconica.php
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ class TwitapilaconicaAction extends TwitterapiAction
         switch ($apidata['content-type']) {
          case 'xml':
             $this->init_document('xml');
+            common_element_start('config');
             // XXX: check that all sections and settings are legal XML elements
             foreach ($keys as $section => $settings) {
                 common_element_start($section);
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ class TwitapilaconicaAction extends TwitterapiAction
                 }
                 common_element_end($section);
             }
+            common_element_end('config');
             $this->end_document('xml');
             break;
          case 'json':