--- a/decoupage/factory.py	Mon Nov 29 17:53:20 2010 -0800
+++ b/decoupage/factory.py	Tue Dec 14 22:03:50 2010 -0800
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 from web import Decoupage
 from paste.httpexceptions import HTTPExceptionHandler
 
+def namespace_conf(keystr, app_conf):
+    keystr += '.'
+    return dict([(key.split(keystr, 1)[-1], value)
+                 for key, value in app_conf.items()
+                 if key.startswith(keystr) ])        
+
+
 def factory(global_conf, **app_conf):
     """create a webob view and wrap it in middleware"""
+    app_conf = namespace_conf('decoupage', app_conf)
     app = Decoupage(**app_conf)
     return HTTPExceptionHandler(app)