diff --git a/scripts/projects.py b/scripts/projects.py
index 8de62adb..984f4b3c 100644
--- a/scripts/projects.py
+++ b/scripts/projects.py
@@ -191,9 +191,19 @@ class Projects(object):
                         break
                     r += line
                 return r if len(r) else None
+            lines = []
+            cont_line = ''
             for line in f:
                 if len(line) and line[0] == '[':
-                    return None
+                    break
+                cont_line += line.rstrip()
+                if len(cont_line) and cont_line[-1] == '\\':
+                    cont_line = cont_line[0:-1]
+                    continue
+                lines.append(cont_line)
+                cont_line = ''
+            for line in lines:
+                #self.debug("  looking for >%s< in line=>%s<" % (key, line))
                 rr = re.findall('^ *' + key + ' *= *(.*)', line)
                 if len(rr) > 0:
                     return rr[0]