diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/admin/server/PrefsConfigRegistry.java b/src/java/com/threerings/admin/server/PrefsConfigRegistry.java
index 42296457c..72ff4d4d9 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/admin/server/PrefsConfigRegistry.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/admin/server/PrefsConfigRegistry.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 package com.threerings.admin.server;
 
-import com.samskivert.util.Config;
+import com.samskivert.util.PrefsConfig;
 import com.threerings.presents.dobj.DObject;
 
 /**
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ public class PrefsConfigRegistry extends ConfigRegistry
 
     protected class PrefsObjectRecord extends ObjectRecord
     {
-        public Config config;
+        public PrefsConfig config;
 
         public PrefsObjectRecord (String path, DObject object)
         {
             super(object);
-            this.config = new Config(path);
+            this.config = new PrefsConfig(path);
         }
 
         protected boolean getValue (String field, boolean defval) {
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/PresentsPrefs.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/PresentsPrefs.java
index 3bda29214..10d3c5439 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/PresentsPrefs.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/PresentsPrefs.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 package com.threerings.presents.client;
 
-import com.samskivert.util.Config;
+import com.samskivert.util.PrefsConfig;
 
 /**
  * Provides access to runtime configuration parameters for this package
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ public class PresentsPrefs
 {
     /** Used to load our preferences from a properties file and map them
      * to the persistent Java preferences repository. */
-    public static Config config = new Config("rsrc/config/presents");
+    public static PrefsConfig config = new PrefsConfig("rsrc/config/presents");
 }