diff --git a/authorizenet/utility.py b/authorizenet/utility.py
index a18c6a3..a37507a 100644
--- a/authorizenet/utility.py
+++ b/authorizenet/utility.py
@@ -6,15 +6,13 @@
 
 from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
 from ConfigParser import NoSectionError
-'''import ConfigParser'''
 import os
-'''import logging'''
-#from authorizenet.constants import constants
+import sys
+#from __future__ import print_function
 
 class helper(): 
     __parser = "null"
     __propertyfilename = "null"
-
     __initialized = False
     
     @staticmethod
@@ -40,20 +38,28 @@ def __classinitialized():
     @staticmethod
     def getproperty(propertyname):
         stringvalue = "null"
-        temp = propertyname
+
         if ('null' != helper.getpropertyfile()):
-                helper.__parser = SafeConfigParser({"http":"","https":"","ftp":""})
+            if (False == helper.__classinitialized()):
+                if ('null' == helper.getparser()):
+                    try:
+                        helper.__parser = SafeConfigParser({"http":"","https":"","ftp":""})
+                    except:
+                        print ("Parser could not be initialized")
+
                 if ('null' != helper.getparser()):
                     try:
-                        if ( False == helper.__classinitialized()):
-                            helper.getparser().read(helper.__propertyfilename)
-                            __initialized = True
+                        helper.getparser().read(helper.__propertyfilename)
+                        helper.__initialized = True
                     except:
-                        print ("helper class not initialized")
-                if (__initialized == True):
-                    print (" Reading %s from property file %s" % (propertyname, helper.__propertyfilename))
-                    stringvalue = helper.getparser().get("properties", propertyname)
+                        print ("Unable to load the property file")
+
+        if (True == helper.__classinitialized()):
+            try:
+                stringvalue = helper.getparser().get("properties", propertyname)
+            except:
+                sys.stderr.write("%s not found" %propertyname )
                 
         if ( "null" == stringvalue):
-            stringvalue = os.getenv(temp)               
+            stringvalue = os.getenv(propertyname)               
         return stringvalue 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/testssample.py b/tests/testssample.py
index 48ba723..112e56a 100644
--- a/tests/testssample.py
+++ b/tests/testssample.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 '''
-Created on Jul 13, 2015
+Created on Nov 16, 2015
 
 @author: krgupta
 '''
@@ -19,9 +19,17 @@
 from tests import apitestbase
 from authorizenet.apicontrollers import *
 import test
+from authorizenet import utility
+
+class test_ReadProperty(apitestbase.ApiTestBase):
+    def testPropertyFromFile(self):
+        login= utility.helper.getproperty("api_login_id")
+        transactionkey = utility.helper.getproperty("transaction_key")
+        self.assertIsNotNone(login)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(transactionkey)
 
 class test_TransactionReportingUnitTest(apitestbase.ApiTestBase):
-    
+    '''
     def testGetTransactionDetails(self):
         
         gettransactiondetailsrequest = apicontractsv1.getTransactionDetailsRequest()
@@ -31,7 +39,7 @@ def testGetTransactionDetails(self):
         gettransactiondetailscontroller.execute()
         response =  gettransactiondetailscontroller.getresponse()
         self.assertEquals('Ok', response.messages.resultCode)   
-       
+    '''  
 class test_RecurringBillingTest(apitestbase.ApiTestBase):
     
     def testCreateSubscription(self):
@@ -45,7 +53,7 @@ def testCreateSubscription(self):
         response = arbcreatesubscriptioncontroller.getresponse()
         self.assertIsNotNone(response.subscriptionId)
         self.assertEquals('Ok', response.messages.resultCode) 
-
+    '''
     def testcancelSubscription(self):
         
         cancelsubscriptionrequest = apicontractsv1.ARBCancelSubscriptionRequest()
@@ -56,7 +64,7 @@ def testcancelSubscription(self):
         cancelsubscriptioncontroller.execute()  
         response = cancelsubscriptioncontroller.getresponse()
         self.assertEquals('Ok', response.messages.resultCode)  
-        
+       '''
 class paymentTransactionUnitTest(apitestbase.ApiTestBase):
     
     def testauthCaputureTransaction(self):

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