diff --git a/src/config.ml b/src/config.ml
index 9be285c0..775e25c5 100644
--- a/src/config.ml
+++ b/src/config.ml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ let config_data =
   match Assets_crunch.read path with
   | None -> fail "static file not found: `%s`" path
   | Some data ->
-      let v = Parse_data.parse data in
+      let v = Config_section.parse data in
       v
 
 module Exchange = struct
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ module Currency = struct
       fractional_trailing_zero_digits=
         get "fractional_trailing_zero_digits" |> int;
       alt_unit_names=
-        get "alt_unit_names" |> Alt_unit_names.decode |> Parse_config.unwrap_res;
+        get "alt_unit_names" |> Alt_unit_names.decode |> Parse_config.unwrap;
     }
 
   let all_currencies = List.map parse_currency currency_sections
diff --git a/src/parse_config.ml b/src/parse_config.ml
index 1cd487b8..d6131524 100644
--- a/src/parse_config.ml
+++ b/src/parse_config.ml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ let is_eol = function '\n' | '\r' -> true | _ -> false
 let is_whitespace = function ' ' | '\t' -> true | _ -> false
 let blanks = skip_while is_whitespace
 
-module Parse_data = struct
+module Config_section = struct
   type t =
     | Blank
     | Comment of string
@@ -38,21 +38,31 @@ module Parse_data = struct
     take_while1 ident_char >>| String.lowercase_ascii
 
   let line = take_till is_eol <* end_of_line
-  let blank = blanks <* end_of_line >>| fun () -> Blank
+  let blank_line = blanks <* end_of_line >>| fun () -> Blank
   let comment = blanks *> (char '#' <|> char '%') *> line >>| fun s -> Comment s
-  let header = char '[' *> id <* char ']' <* end_of_line >>| fun s -> Header s
+
+  let header =
+    blanks *> char '[' *> id <* char ']' <* blanks <* end_of_line >>| fun s ->
+    Header s
 
   let item_value =
     let unquoted_value =
-      take_while1 (fun c -> not (is_whitespace c || is_eol c)) <* end_of_line
+      take_while1 (fun c -> not (is_whitespace c || is_eol c))
+      <* blanks
+      <* end_of_line
     in
     let quoted_value =
-      char '"' *> take_till is_eol <* end_of_line >>= fun s ->
-      match String.ends_with ~suffix:"\"" s with
+      take_till is_eol <* end_of_line >>= fun s ->
+      let s = String.trim s in
+      match
+        String.starts_with ~prefix:"\"" s
+        && String.ends_with ~suffix:"\"" s
+        && s <> "\""
+      with
       | false -> fail "invalid quoted value"
       | true ->
-          let value = String.sub s 0 (String.length s - 1) in
-          return value
+          let s = String.sub s 1 (String.length s - 2) in
+          return s
     in
     quoted_value <|> unquoted_value
 
@@ -62,7 +72,8 @@ module Parse_data = struct
       id
       (blanks *> char '=' *> blanks *> item_value)
 
-  let config = many (choice [ blank; comment; header; item ]) <* end_of_input
+  let config =
+    many (choice [ blank_line; comment; header; item ]) <* end_of_input
 
   let fold_sections l =
     let rec loop section_l item_l l =
@@ -84,36 +95,7 @@ module Parse_data = struct
     | Ok v -> fold_sections v
 end
 
-module Pp_debug = struct
-  let pp_item ppf { key; value } =
-    let open Fmt in
-    match String.contains value '"' || String.contains value ' ' with
-    | false -> pf ppf "%s = %s" key value
-    | true -> pf ppf "%s = \"%s\"" key value
-
-  let pp_line ppf v =
-    let open Fmt in
-    let open Parse_data in
-    match v with
-    | Blank -> Fmt.nop ppf ()
-    | Comment s -> pf ppf "#%s" s
-    | Header s -> pf ppf "[%s]" s
-    | Item item -> pf ppf "%a" pp_item item
-
-  let _pp_lines ppf raw_line_l =
-    let open Fmt in
-    pf ppf "%a" (list ~sep:(any "\n") pp_line) raw_line_l
-
-  let pp_section ppf { header; items } =
-    let open Fmt in
-    pf ppf "[%s]@\n%a" header (list ~sep:(any "\n") pp_item) items
-
-  let pp_config ppf l =
-    let open Fmt in
-    pf ppf "%a" (list ~sep:(any "\n") pp_section) l
-end
-
-module Parse_duration = struct
+module Config_duration = struct
   type duration_element = {
     number: int;
     dunit: [ `Year | `Week | `Day | `Hour | `Minute | `Second ];
@@ -154,20 +136,12 @@ module Parse_duration = struct
     in
     f u
 
-  let ptime_span_of_int64 i =
-    match Ptime.Span.of_float_s (Int64.to_float i) with
-    | None ->
-        fail "ptime_span_of_int64 error: `%Ld` is not a valid ptime span" i
-    | Some ts -> ts
-
   let to_time_span t =
-    let acc =
-      List.fold_left
-        (fun acc { number; dunit } -> acc + (number * dunit_to_seconds dunit))
-        0 t
-    in
-    let acc = Int64.of_int acc in
-    Time.Relative.of_s acc
+    List.fold_left
+      (fun acc { number; dunit } -> acc + (number * dunit_to_seconds dunit))
+      0 t
+    |> Int64.of_int
+    |> Time.Relative.of_s
 
   let parse s : duration_element list =
     match parse_string ~consume:All duration s with
@@ -175,7 +149,7 @@ module Parse_duration = struct
     | Ok v -> v
 end
 
-let unwrap_res = function Error e -> fail "`%s`." e | Ok v -> v
+let unwrap = function Error e -> fail "`%s`." e | Ok v -> v
 
 let get_opt t ~section ~field =
   match List.find_opt (fun v -> v.header = section) t with
@@ -209,16 +183,16 @@ let yes_no = function
   | s -> fail "expected `YES`/`NO` value, got `%s`" s
 
 let uri s = Uri.of_string s
-let amount s = s |> Amount.of_string |> unwrap_res
-let duration s = Parse_duration.(s |> parse |> to_time_span)
+let amount s = s |> Amount.of_string |> unwrap
+let duration s = Config_duration.(s |> parse |> to_time_span)
 
 let ed25519 s =
   s
   |> B32.decode
-  |> unwrap_res
+  |> unwrap
   |> Mirage_crypto_ec.Ed25519.pub_of_octets
   |> Result.map_error (fun e -> Fmt.str "%a" Mirage_crypto_ec.pp_error e)
-  |> unwrap_res
+  |> unwrap
 
 (* TODO
    move to another module