diff --git a/yocto-poky/scripts/lib/wic/conf.py b/yocto-poky/scripts/lib/wic/conf.py
index 1d4363a..f7d56d0 100644
--- a/yocto-poky/scripts/lib/wic/conf.py
+++ b/yocto-poky/scripts/lib/wic/conf.py
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 
 import os
 
+from wic.ksparser import KickStart, KickStartError
 from wic import msger
-from wic import kickstart
 from wic.utils import misc
 
 
@@ -87,7 +87,10 @@
         if not ksconf:
             return
 
-        ksobj = kickstart.read_kickstart(ksconf)
+        try:
+            ksobj = KickStart(ksconf)
+        except KickStartError as err:
+            msger.error(str(err))
 
         self.create['ks'] = ksobj
         self.create['name'] = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(ksconf))[0]