diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a1db0e6b..80ea53fd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 *.o
 *.swp
+*.pyc
 *.tar.gz
+ocarina.bin
 .sconsign.dblite
 bin/
 lib/
diff --git a/Sconstruct b/Sconstruct
index 17281125..3f0298a2 100644
--- a/Sconstruct
+++ b/Sconstruct
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 import os, sys
-
-MAJOR = 5
-MINOR = 9
-BUG   = 0
-EXTRA = ""
-DEBUG = True
+import config
 
 PREFIX  = "/usr"
 POSTFIX = ""
@@ -16,7 +11,7 @@ for argv in sys.argv:
 		DESTDIR = split[1] + "/"
 
 FLAGS = ["-O2"]
-if DEBUG == True:
+if config.DEBUG == True:
 	FLAGS = ["-Wall", "-Werror", "-g", "-DDEBUG"]
 	POSTFIX = "-debug"
 
@@ -26,7 +21,7 @@ if ARGUMENTS.get('VERBOSE') != "1":
 	env.Append(LINKCOMSTR = "Linking $TARGET")
 env.Append(CPPPATH = "include")
 
-Export("env", "MAJOR", "MINOR", "BUG", "EXTRA", "DEBUG")
+config.env = env
 
 def directory(dirs):
 	objs = []
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ebb6c43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+import os
+
+MAJOR = 5
+MINOR = 9
+BUG   = 0
+EXTRA = ""
+DEBUG = True
+
+
+env = None
+
+def get_cpp_files():
+	dirs = [x[0] for x in os.walk(".")]
+	return [env.Glob(dir + "/*.cpp") for dir in dirs]
diff --git a/include/Sconscript b/include/Sconscript
index 68322fe5..078713be 100644
--- a/include/Sconscript
+++ b/include/Sconscript
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
-
-Import("MAJOR", "MINOR", "BUG", "EXTRA")
+from config import *
 
 f = open("version.h", "w")
 for line in open("version.tmpl", "r"):
diff --git a/libsaria/Sconscript b/libsaria/Sconscript
index 086cdcdc..c137401b 100644
--- a/libsaria/Sconscript
+++ b/libsaria/Sconscript
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
-import os
-Import('env')
+import config
 
-env.ParseConfig('pkg-config --cflags --libs gstreamer-0.10')
-env.ParseConfig('pkg-config --cflags --libs gstreamer-interfaces-0.10')
-env.ParseConfig('pkg-config --cflags --libs taglib')
-
-dirs  = [x[0] for x in os.walk(".")]
-files = [Glob(dir + "/*.cpp") for dir in dirs]
+config.env.ParseConfig('pkg-config --cflags --libs gstreamer-0.10')
+config.env.ParseConfig('pkg-config --cflags --libs gstreamer-interfaces-0.10')
+config.env.ParseConfig('pkg-config --cflags --libs taglib')
 
+files = config.get_cpp_files()
 Return('files')
diff --git a/ocarina/Sconscript b/ocarina/Sconscript
index 365dd944..0e818fd2 100644
--- a/ocarina/Sconscript
+++ b/ocarina/Sconscript
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
-import os
-Import('env')
+import config
 
-env.ParseConfig('pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-2.0')
-
-dirs  = [x[0] for x in os.walk(".")]
-files = [Glob(dir + "/*.cpp") for dir in dirs]
+config.env.ParseConfig('pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-2.0')
 
+files = config.get_cpp_files()
 Return('files')
diff --git a/scripts/Sconscript b/scripts/Sconscript
index 0dd251c2..8f59fde8 100644
--- a/scripts/Sconscript
+++ b/scripts/Sconscript
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 import os, re
+from config import *
 
-Import( "env", "DEBUG" )
 bin = "../bin/%s"
 lib = "../lib/ocarina/%s"