From 2ae7af586a6f7c930f41f807b3271526363815aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathaniel Russell <46272571+nater1983@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2023 22:37:41 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Update config.py

---
 praw/config.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/praw/config.py b/praw/config.py
index a89f66d1c..8042ca7a8 100644
--- a/praw/config.py
+++ b/praw/config.py
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ def __bool__(self) -> bool:
     def __str__(self) -> str:
         return "NotSet"
 
+    def lower(self) -> str:
+        # Implementing a dummy lower method for compatibility
+        return "notset"
 
 class Config:
     """A class containing the configuration for a Reddit site."""
@@ -134,17 +134,18 @@ def _initialize_attributes(self):
         self.warn_additional_fetch_params = self._config_boolean(
             self._fetch_default("warn_additional_fetch_params", default=True)
         )
-        self.kinds = {
-            x: self._fetch(f"{x}_kind")
-            for x in [
-                "comment",
-                "message",
-                "redditor",
-                "submission",
-                "subreddit",
-                "trophy",
-            ]
-        }
+        self.kinds = {
+            x: self._fetch_default(f"{x}_kind", default='default_comment_kind')
+            for x in [
+                "comment",
+                "message",
+                "redditor",
+                "submission",
+                "subreddit",
+                "trophy",
+            ]
+        }
+
 
         for attribute in (
             "client_id",