diff --git a/IPython/parallel/controller/controller.py b/IPython/parallel/controller/controller.py
index 381b00b..3295706 100755
--- a/IPython/parallel/controller/controller.py
+++ b/IPython/parallel/controller/controller.py
@@ -109,8 +109,10 @@ class ControllerFactory(HubFactory):
             
         else:
             self.log.info("task::using Python %s Task scheduler"%self.scheme)
-            sargs = (self.client_info['task'][1], self.engine_info['task'], self.monitor_url, self.client_info['notification'])
-            kwargs = dict(scheme=self.scheme,logname=self.log.name, loglevel=self.log.level, config=self.config)
+            sargs = (self.client_info['task'][1], self.engine_info['task'],
+                                self.monitor_url, self.client_info['notification'])
+            kwargs = dict(scheme=self.scheme,logname=self.log.name, loglevel=self.log.level,
+                                                            config=dict(self.config))
             q = Process(target=launch_scheduler, args=sargs, kwargs=kwargs)
             q.daemon=True
             children.append(q)
diff --git a/IPython/parallel/controller/scheduler.py b/IPython/parallel/controller/scheduler.py
index 6e3a3ba..1d9448a 100644
--- a/IPython/parallel/controller/scheduler.py
+++ b/IPython/parallel/controller/scheduler.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ from zmq.eventloop import ioloop, zmqstream
 
 # local imports
 from IPython.external.decorator import decorator
+from IPython.config.loader import Config
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import Instance, Dict, List, Set
 
 from IPython.parallel import error
@@ -557,9 +558,12 @@ def launch_scheduler(in_addr, out_addr, mon_addr, not_addr, config=None,logname=
     from zmq.eventloop import ioloop
     from zmq.eventloop.zmqstream import ZMQStream
     
+    if config:
+        # unwrap dict back into Config
+        config = Config(config)
+
     ctx = zmq.Context()
     loop = ioloop.IOLoop()
-    print (in_addr, out_addr, mon_addr, not_addr)
     ins = ZMQStream(ctx.socket(zmq.XREP),loop)
     ins.setsockopt(zmq.IDENTITY, identity)
     ins.bind(in_addr)