diff --git a/git-rebase-autotags.py b/git-rebase-autotags.py
index 0a7cd1a..4ad0326 100644
--- a/git-rebase-autotags.py
+++ b/git-rebase-autotags.py
@@ -16,23 +16,22 @@
 
 import sys                                                                               
 import subprocess                                                                        
-import distutils.util
+from git import Repo
 
 args = sys.stdin.read().split()
 commits = zip(*[iter(args)]*2)
 rewrite_cmd = sys.argv[1]
 
-try:
-	stdoutput = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'config', '--get', '--bool', 'rewrite.autotags.enabled'])
-	autotags = bool(distutils.util.strtobool(stdoutput.decode().strip()))
-except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
-	autotags = False
-
-try:
-	stdoutput = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'config', '--get', '--bool', 'rewrite.autotags.warnings'])
-	warnings = bool(distutils.util.strtobool(stdoutput.decode().strip()))
-except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
-	warnings = True
+repo = Repo('.')
+cfg = repo.config_reader()
+autotags = None
+warnings = None
+
+if cfg.has_option('rewrite "autotags', 'enabled'):
+	autotags = cfg.get_boolean('rewrite "autotags"', 'enabled') and cfg.get_boolean('push', 'followTags')
+
+if cfg.has_option('rewrite "autotags"', 'warnings'):
+	warnings = cfg.get_boolean('rewrite "autotags"', 'warnings')
 
 if not autotags and warnings:
 	print("\033[33mWARNING: rewrite.autotags hook configure in this repository has not been activated\033[0m")