diff --git a/wakatime/__init__.py b/wakatime/__init__.py
index 2e31bde..c6fa21f 100644
--- a/wakatime/__init__.py
+++ b/wakatime/__init__.py
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ def parseArguments(argv):
     if not args.logfile and configs.has_option('settings', 'logfile'):
         args.logfile = configs.get('settings', 'logfile')
 
-    return args
+    return args, configs
 
 
 def should_ignore(fileName, patterns):
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ def send_action(project=None, branch=None, stats={}, key=None, targetFile=None,
 def main(argv=None):
     if not argv:
         argv = sys.argv
-    args = parseArguments(argv)
+    args, config = parseArguments(argv)
     setup_logging(args, __version__)
     ignore = should_ignore(args.targetFile, args.ignore)
     if ignore is not False:
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ def main(argv=None):
         branch = None
         name = None
         stats = get_file_stats(args.targetFile)
-        project = find_project(args.targetFile, args.config)
+        project = find_project(args.targetFile, config)
         if project:
             branch = project.branch()
             name = project.name()
diff --git a/wakatime/project.py b/wakatime/project.py
index e158d13..9f93790 100644
--- a/wakatime/project.py
+++ b/wakatime/project.py
@@ -32,7 +32,12 @@ PLUGINS = [
 
 def find_project(path, config):
     for plugin in PLUGINS:
-        project = plugin(path)
+        plugin_name = plugin.__name__.lower()
+        if config.has_section(plugin_name):
+            plugin_config = config
+        else:
+            plugin_config = None
+        project = plugin(path, plugin_config)
         if project.process():
             return project
     return None
diff --git a/wakatime/projects/base.py b/wakatime/projects/base.py
index 8e1b7a5..22426c6 100644
--- a/wakatime/projects/base.py
+++ b/wakatime/projects/base.py
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ class BaseProject(object):
     be found for the current path.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, path):
+    def __init__(self, path, config):
         self.path = path
+        self.config = config
 
     def type(self):
         """ Returns None if this is the base class.