diff --git a/src/standard/configure.html b/src/standard/configure.html
index b337b25e8a..2fc292b410 100644
--- a/src/standard/configure.html
+++ b/src/standard/configure.html
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
                   var value = (p === x.effect.value) ? config[p] :
                     this._get(x.effect.value, config);
                   if (x.effect.kind == 'attribute') {
-                    value = this.deserialize(value,
+                    value = node.deserialize(value,
                       node._propertyInfo[name].type);
                   }
                   node._configValue(name, value);