diff --git a/utils/parsePortage.py b/utils/parsePortage.py
index 4a59df8..9a31311 100644
--- a/utils/parsePortage.py
+++ b/utils/parsePortage.py
@@ -8,11 +8,14 @@ class PortageConfig():
         self.TargetParse =['USE', 'USE_EXPAN', 'VIDEO_CARDS', 'ACCEPT_CHOSTS', 'ACCEPT_LICENSE','CCACHE_DIR', 'CCACHE_SIZE',
                     'EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS', 'CFLAGS', 'CXXFLAGS', 'MAKEOPTS']
         self.MakeConfig={}
+    def getLines(self, filename):
+        with open (filename, 'r') as f:
+            lines = f.read().split("\n")
+        return lines
 
     def parseMakeConf(self):
         StateBox = 'Null'
-        with open (Config.Portage['make.conf'], 'r') as f:
-            lines = f.read().split("\n")
+        Lines = self.getlines(self.Config.Portage['make.conf'])
 
         for line in lines:
             if not line.startswith('#'):
@@ -31,11 +34,13 @@ class PortageConfig():
         print(MakeConfig)
 
     def parsePackageUse(self):
-        pass
-    def parsePackageMaskself(self):
-       pass
+        Lines = self.getlines(self.Config.Portage['package.use'])
+
+    def parsePackageMasks(self):
+        Lines = self.getlines(self.Config.Portage['package.mask'])
+        
     def def parsePackageKeywords(self):
-        pass
+        Lines = self.getlines(self.Config.Portage['package.keywords'])
 
 if __name__ ==  '__main__':
     test = TestConfig()