diff --git a/tests/helper.py b/tests/helper.py
index 9f0358f..280e72c 100644
--- a/tests/helper.py
+++ b/tests/helper.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import configparser
 from tornado.ioloop import IOLoop
 import tornado.testing
 from nvchecker.get_version import get_version
@@ -11,5 +12,12 @@ class ExternalVersionTestCase(tornado.testing.AsyncTestCase):
         def get_version_callback(name, version):
             self.stop(version)
 
-        get_version(name, config, get_version_callback)
+        if isinstance(config, dict):
+            _config = configparser.ConfigParser(dict_type=dict, allow_no_value=True)
+            _config.read_dict({name: config})
+            _config = _config[name]
+        else:
+            _config = config
+
+        get_version(name, _config, get_version_callback)
         return self.wait()