diff --git a/consolegui/application/ConnectionTabs.py b/consolegui/application/ConnectionTabs.py
index c2cbb9e..2282a07 100644
--- a/consolegui/application/ConnectionTabs.py
+++ b/consolegui/application/ConnectionTabs.py
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ class SelectedMethodWgt(QtGui.QWidget):
         return True
 
     def set_size(self):
+        self.config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
+        self.config.read(self.user_config)
         try:
             self.config.set('gui', 'size', ','.join(map(lambda x: str(x),
                                                     self.size().toTuple())))
@@ -462,6 +464,8 @@ class ToolTabWidget(QtGui.QTabWidget):
         return True
 
     def set_size(self):
+        self.config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
+        self.config.read(self.user_config)
         try:
             self.config.set('gui', 'size', ','.join(map(lambda x: str(x),
                                                     self.size().toTuple())))