diff --git a/import2ledger/config.py b/import2ledger/config.py
index 33944f2..eb65cca 100644
--- a/import2ledger/config.py
+++ b/import2ledger/config.py
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class Configuration:
         finally:
             self.args.use_config = prev_section
 
-    def _get_section(self, section_name):
+    def get_section(self, section_name):
         if section_name is None:
             section_name = self.args.use_config
         return self.conffile[section_name]
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ class Configuration:
         return self._get_from_dict(self.dates, section_name)
 
     def get_loglevel(self, section_name=None):
-        section_config = self._get_section(section_name)
+        section_config = self.get_section(section_name)
         level_name = section_config['loglevel']
         try:
             return getattr(logging, level_name.upper())
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ class Configuration:
             raise errors.UserInputConfigurationError("not a valid loglevel", level_name)
 
     def get_output_path(self, section_name=None):
-        section_config = self._get_section(section_name)
+        section_config = self.get_section(section_name)
         return self._s_to_path(section_config['output_path'])
 
     def open_output_file(self, section_name=None):
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ class Configuration:
         return self._open_path(path, self.stdout, 'a')
 
     def get_template(self, config_key, section_name=None, factory=template.Template):
-        section_config = self._get_section(section_name)
+        section_config = self.get_section(section_name)
         try:
             template_s = section_config[config_key]
         except KeyError:
diff --git a/tests/test_config.py b/tests/test_config.py
index 44e6abe..dc6a303 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/test_config.py
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ def test_template_parsing():
     assert "\nIncome:Donations  -{amount}\n" in tmpl_s
     assert "\n;IncomeTag: Donations\n" in tmpl_s
 
+def test_get_section():
+    config = config_from_file('test_config.ini', ['--date-format', '%m/%d/%Y'])
+    section = config.get_section('Templates')
+    assert section['output_path'] == 'Template.output'
+    assert section['date_format'] == '%m/%d/%Y'
+    assert section['signed_currencies'] == 'EUR'
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('arg_s', [None, '-', 'output.ledger'])
 def test_output_path(arg_s):
     arglist = [] if arg_s is None else ['-O', arg_s]