diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 1b5d6a4..c6f2392 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+ 1.32    - fixed bug in _parse_value() which caused perl to complain
+	   with "Use of uninitialized value in..." if a value was
+	   empty.
+
+
  1.32    - *argl* ... I forgot Interpolated.pm, don't know how that
            could happen, in 1.29 it was "lost". However - 
 	   I added it again now.
diff --git a/General.pm b/General.pm
index 8423fc4..ce168ca 100644
--- a/General.pm
+++ b/General.pm
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use strict;
 use Carp;
 use Exporter;
 
-$Config::General::VERSION = "1.32";
+$Config::General::VERSION = "1.33";
 
 use vars  qw(@ISA @EXPORT);
 @ISA    = qw(Exporter);
@@ -446,6 +446,9 @@ sub _parse_value {
   #
   my($this, $option, $value) =@_;
 
+  # avoid "Use of uninitialized value"
+  $value ||= "";
+
   # make true/false values to 1 or 0 (-AutoTrue)
   if ($this->{AutoTrue}) {
     if ($value =~ /$this->{AutoTrueFlags}->{true}/io) {
@@ -1437,7 +1440,7 @@ Thomas Linden <tom@daemon.de>
 
 =head1 VERSION
 
-1.32
+1.33
 
 =cut
 
diff --git a/README b/README
index 9442a46..6d26ef5 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -59,4 +59,4 @@ AUTHOR
 
 
 VERSION
-	1.32
+	1.33