diff --git a/src/rmview/screenstream/screenshare.py b/src/rmview/screenstream/screenshare.py
index 30aa8cd..f284af7 100644
--- a/src/rmview/screenstream/screenshare.py
+++ b/src/rmview/screenstream/screenshare.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def get_userid(self):
       with sftp.file('/etc/remarkable.conf') as f:
         file_content = f.read().decode()
 
-    cfg = configparser.ConfigParser()
+    cfg = configparser.ConfigParser(strict=False)
     cfg.read_string(file_content)
     offset = len('@ByteArray(')
     token = cfg.get('General', 'devicetoken')[offset:-1]