diff --git a/cake/console/shells/upgrade.php b/cake/console/shells/upgrade.php
index a54899c95..bd278daa6 100644
--- a/cake/console/shells/upgrade.php
+++ b/cake/console/shells/upgrade.php
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class UpgradeShell extends Shell {
 		$patterns = array(
 			array(
 				'a(*) -> array(*)',
-				'/a\((.*)\)/',
+				'/\ba\((.*)\)/',
 				'array(\1)'
 			),
 			array(
@@ -188,6 +188,28 @@ class UpgradeShell extends Shell {
 		$this->_filesRegexpUpdate($patterns);
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Update Configure::read() calls with no params.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function configure() {
+		$this->_paths = array(
+			APP
+		);
+		if (!empty($this->params['plugin'])) {
+			$this->_paths = array(App::pluginPath($this->params['plugin']));
+		}
+		$patterns = array(
+			array(
+				"Configure::read() -> Configure::read('debug')",
+				'/Configure::read\(\)/',
+				'Configure::read(\'debug\')'
+			),
+		);
+		$this->_filesRegexpUpdate($patterns);
+	}
+
 /**
  * Updates files based on regular expressions.
  *
@@ -281,6 +303,10 @@ class UpgradeShell extends Shell {
 			->addSubcommand('request', array(
 				'help' => 'Update removed request access, and replace with $this->request.',
 				'parser' => $subcommandParser
+			))
+			->addSubcommand('configure', array(
+				'help' => "Update Configure::read() to Configure::read('debug')",
+				'parser' => $subcommandParser
 			));
 	}
 }
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