diff --git a/sylk/applications/xmppgateway/configuration.py b/sylk/applications/xmppgateway/configuration.py
index 0316fb6..0e0ee4d 100644
--- a/sylk/applications/xmppgateway/configuration.py
+++ b/sylk/applications/xmppgateway/configuration.py
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2012 AG Projects. See LICENSE for details
 #
 
 from application.system import host
 from application.configuration import ConfigSection, ConfigSetting
 from application.configuration.datatypes import StringList
 from sipsimple.configuration.datatypes import NonNegativeInteger
 
 from sylk.configuration.datatypes import IPAddress, Port
 
 
 class XMPPGatewayConfig(ConfigSection):
     __cfgfile__ = 'xmppgateway.ini'
     __section__ = 'general'
 
     local_ip = ConfigSetting(type=IPAddress, value=host.default_ip)
     local_port = ConfigSetting(type=Port, value=5269)
     trace_xmpp = False
-    domains = ConfigSetting(type=StringList, value='')
+    domains = ConfigSetting(type=StringList, value=[])
     sip_session_timeout = ConfigSetting(type=NonNegativeInteger, value=600)
     use_msrp_for_chat = True