diff --git a/wicd/configmanager.py b/wicd/configmanager.py
index c61faff..b93b1a6 100644
--- a/wicd/configmanager.py
+++ b/wicd/configmanager.py
@@ -111,11 +111,11 @@ class ConfigManager(RawConfigParser):
         except (ValueError, TypeError, AttributeError):
             ret = Noneify(ret)
         # This is a workaround for a python-dbus issue on 64-bit systems.
-        if isinstance(ret, (int)):
+        if isinstance(ret, (int, long)):
             try:
                 Int32(ret)
             except OverflowError:
-                ret = long(ret)
+                ret = str(ret)
         return to_unicode(ret)
     
     def get(self, *args, **kargs):