diff --git a/pym/portage/__init__.py b/pym/portage/__init__.py
index e841650..3ea8b3b 100644
--- a/pym/portage/__init__.py
+++ b/pym/portage/__init__.py
@@ -213,10 +213,10 @@
 		object.__setattr__(self, '_encoding', encoding)
 		object.__setattr__(self, '_overrides', overrides)
 
-	def __getattr__(self, attr):
-		result = getattr(self._mod, attr)
-		encoding = self._encoding
-		overrides = self._overrides
+	def __getattribute__(self, attr):
+		result = getattr(object.__getattribute__(self, '_mod'), attr)
+		encoding = object.__getattribute__(self, '_encoding')
+		overrides = object.__getattribute__(self, '_overrides')
 		override = None
 		if overrides is not None:
 			override = overrides.get(id(result))