diff --git a/src/common/rclconfig.cpp b/src/common/rclconfig.cpp
index 09eaf676..5bdecd3d 100644
--- a/src/common/rclconfig.cpp
+++ b/src/common/rclconfig.cpp
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ bool RclConfig::getConfParam(const string &name, bool *bvp, bool shallow) const
 }
 
 bool RclConfig::getConfParam(const string &name, vector<string> *svvp,
-    bool shallow) const
+                             bool shallow) const
 {
     if (!svvp) 
 	return false;
@@ -406,8 +406,20 @@ bool RclConfig::getConfParam(const string &name, vector<string> *svvp,
     return stringToStrings(s, *svvp);
 }
 
+bool RclConfig::getConfParam(const string &name, unordered_set<string> *out,
+                             bool shallow) const
+{
+    vector<string> v;
+    if (!out || !getConfParam(name, &v, shallow)) {
+	return false;
+    }
+    out->clear();
+    out->insert(v.begin(), v.end());
+    return true;
+}
+
 bool RclConfig::getConfParam(const string &name, vector<int> *vip,
-    bool shallow) const
+                             bool shallow) const
 {
     if (!vip) 
 	return false;
@@ -420,7 +432,8 @@ bool RclConfig::getConfParam(const string &name, vector<int> *vip,
 	char *ep;
 	vip->push_back(strtol(vs[i].c_str(), &ep, 0));
 	if (ep == vs[i].c_str()) {
-	    LOGDEB("RclConfig::getConfParam: bad int value in ["  << (name) << "]\n" );
+	    LOGDEB("RclConfig::getConfParam: bad int value in [" << name <<
+                   "]\n");
 	    return false;
 	}
     }
diff --git a/src/common/rclconfig.h b/src/common/rclconfig.h
index 95a49c29..edc3dbaa 100644
--- a/src/common/rclconfig.h
+++ b/src/common/rclconfig.h
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ class RclConfig {
      *  (stringToStrings). Can fail if the string is malformed. */
     bool getConfParam(const string &name, vector<string> *value, 
                       bool shallow=false) const;
+    /** Variant with conversion to unordered_set<string>
+     *  (stringToStrings). Can fail if the string is malformed. */
+    bool getConfParam(const string &name, std::unordered_set<std::string> *v, 
+                      bool shallow=false) const;
     /** Variant with conversion to vector<int> */
     bool getConfParam(const string &name, vector<int> *value, 
                       bool shallow=false) const;
@@ -189,8 +193,7 @@ class RclConfig {
     string getIdxStatusFile() const;
     /** Do path translation according to the ptrans table */
     void urlrewrite(const string& dbdir, string& url) const;
-    ConfSimple *getPTrans()
-    {
+    ConfSimple *getPTrans() {
 	return m_ptrans;
     }
     /** Get Web Queue directory name */