diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
index 5ca4092de..cb985d76a 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
@@ -1794,7 +1794,7 @@ sub embedded_shell( $ ) {
 sub embedded_perl( $ ) {
     my $multiline = shift;
 
-    my ( $command , $linenumber ) = ( qq(package Shorewall::User;\nno strict;\nuse Shorewall::Config qw/shorewall/;\n# line $currentlinenumber "$currentfilename"\n$currentline), $currentlinenumber );
+    my ( $command , $linenumber ) = ( qq(package Shorewall::User;\nno strict;\nuse Shorewall::Config (qw/shorewall/);\n# line $currentlinenumber "$currentfilename"\n$currentline), $currentlinenumber );
 
     if ( $multiline ) {
 	#
@@ -3534,7 +3534,6 @@ sub get_configuration( $$$ ) {
 
     get_capabilities( $export );
 
-
     $globals{STATEMATCH} = '-m conntrack --ctstate' if have_capability 'CONNTRACK_MATCH';
 
     if ( my $rate = $config{LOGLIMIT} ) {