diff --git a/pyzabbix/sender.py b/pyzabbix/sender.py
index bd01895..250c3ab 100644
--- a/pyzabbix/sender.py
+++ b/pyzabbix/sender.py
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ def _load_from_config(self, config_file):
                 configparser.RawConfigParser.__init__).kwonlyargs
 
         if 'strict' in args:
-            params['strict'] = True
+            params['strict'] = False
 
         config_file_fp = StringIO(config_file_data)
         config = configparser.RawConfigParser(**params)