diff --git a/gunicorn/config.py b/gunicorn/config.py
index 9bd9582f..8f7752dc 100644
--- a/gunicorn/config.py
+++ b/gunicorn/config.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ from gunicorn import util
 
 class Config(object):
     
+    DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE = 'gunicorn.conf.py',
+    
     DEFAULTS = dict(
         backlog=2048,
         bind='127.0.0.1:8000',
@@ -39,7 +41,8 @@ class Config(object):
     
     def __init__(self, cmdopts, path=None):
         if not path:
-            self.config_file = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'gunicorn.conf.py')
+            self.config_file = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 
+                                            self.DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE)
         else:
             self.config_file =  os.path.abspath(os.path.normpath(path))
         self.cmdopts = cmdopts