diff --git a/direct/src/gui/DirectGuiBase.py b/direct/src/gui/DirectGuiBase.py
index 2d8c8241e7..d2e36dcd31 100644
--- a/direct/src/gui/DirectGuiBase.py
+++ b/direct/src/gui/DirectGuiBase.py
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ class DirectGuiBase(DirectObject.DirectObject):
         """
         # Need to tack on gui item specific id
         gEvent = event + self.guiId
-        if base.config.GetBool('debug-directgui-msgs', False):
+        if get_config_showbase().GetBool('debug-directgui-msgs', False):
             from direct.showbase.PythonUtil import StackTrace
             print gEvent
             print StackTrace()
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ def setGuiGridSpacing(spacing):
 # this should trigger off of __dev__, but it's not available at this point.
 # __debug__ works because the production client is not __debug__ and the
 # production AI doesn't create any GUI.
-if config.GetBool('record-gui-creation-stack', __debug__):
+if get_config_showbase().GetBool('record-gui-creation-stack', __debug__):
     # this will help track down the code that created DirectGui objects
     # call obj.printCreationStackTrace() to figure out what code created it
     DirectGuiBase = recordCreationStackStr(DirectGuiBase)
@@ -668,8 +668,7 @@ class DirectGuiWidget(DirectGuiBase, NodePath):
     # Determine the default initial state for inactive (or
     # unclickable) components.  If we are in edit mode, these are
     # actually clickable by default.
-    #guiEdit = base.config.GetBool('direct-gui-edit', 0)
-    guiEdit = config.GetBool('direct-gui-edit', 0)
+    guiEdit = get_config_showbase().GetBool('direct-gui-edit', 0)
     if guiEdit:
         inactiveInitState = DGG.NORMAL
     else: