a_few_change.diff

diff --git a/swift/proxy/server.py b/swift/proxy/server.py
index 8e6a182..1aed1f6 100644
--- a/swift/proxy/server.py
+++ b/swift/proxy/server.py
@@ -272,7 +272,11 @@ class Application(object):
         """
         # the default conf will be used when looking up None or a policy that
         # had no override conf
-        default_conf = OverrideConf('(default)', conf, {})
+        try:
+            default_conf = OverrideConf(conf, {})
+        except ValueError as e:
+            self.logger.error("Loaded default config for %s" % e.message)
+
         override_confs = defaultdict(lambda: default_conf)
         # force None key to be set in the defaultdict so that it is found when
         # iterating over keys