diff --git a/pyfpdb/Configuration.py b/pyfpdb/Configuration.py
index 980fc8e5..f89c318a 100755
--- a/pyfpdb/Configuration.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/Configuration.py
@@ -525,12 +525,12 @@ class General(dict):
         except KeyError:
             self["version"]=0
             self["ui_language"]="system"
-            self["config_difficuly"]="expert"
+            self["config_difficulty"]="expert"
             
     def get_defaults(self):
         self["version"]=0
         self["ui_language"]="system"
-        self["config_difficuly"]="expert"
+        self["config_difficulty"]="expert"
         self["config_wrap_len"]="-1"
         self["day_start"]="5"
 
diff --git a/pyfpdb/HUD_config.xml.example b/pyfpdb/HUD_config.xml.example
index fca23a39..068a5c61 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/HUD_config.xml.example
+++ b/pyfpdb/HUD_config.xml.example
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
              config_wrap_len="-1"
              day_start="5"
              ui_language="system"
-             config_difficuly="expert"
+             config_difficulty="expert"
              />
 
     <import callFpdbHud = "True" interval = "10"  fastStoreHudCache="False" hhArchiveBase="~/.fpdb/HandHistories/" saveActions="True"></import>