diff --git a/lib/action.php b/lib/action.php
index 9df39e9a82..d5060758e0 100644
--- a/lib/action.php
+++ b/lib/action.php
@@ -432,13 +432,13 @@ class Action extends HTMLOutputter // lawsuit
         $this->text(_('Unless otherwise specified, contents of this site are copyright by the contributors and available under the '));
         $this->element('a', array('class' => 'license',
                                   'rel' => 'external license',
-                                  'href' => $config['license']['url']),
-                       $config['license']['title']);
+                                  'href' => common_config('license', 'url')),
+                       common_config('license', 'title'));
         $this->text(_('. Contributors should be attributed by full name or nickname.'));
         $this->elementEnd('p');
         $this->element('img', array('id' => 'license_cc',
-                                    'src' => $config['license']['image'],
-                                    'alt' => $config['license']['title']));
+                                    'src' => common_config('license', 'image'),
+                                    'alt' => common_config('license', 'title')));
         $this->elementEnd('dd');
     }