Mod_python error: "PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython"

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/mod_python/apache.py", line 299, in HandlerDispatch
    result = object(req)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/handlers/modpython.py", line 189, in handler
    return ModPythonHandler()(req)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/handlers/modpython.py", line 153, in __call__
    self.load_middleware()

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 27, in load_middleware
    for middleware_path in settings.MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES:

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 28, in __getattr__
    self._import_settings()

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 59, in _import_settings
    self._target = Settings(settings_module)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 85, in __init__
    mod = __import__(self.SETTINGS_MODULE, {}, {}, [''])

  File "/var/vhosts/blog.subverted.net/django/blog/settings.py", line 4, in ?
    DEBUG = config['DEBUG']

  File "configobj/configobj.py", line 580, in __getitem__

KeyError: 'DEBUG'