diff --git a/lib/cloudcmd.js b/lib/cloudcmd.js
index 9dcb3315..ebb069f5 100644
--- a/lib/cloudcmd.js
+++ b/lib/cloudcmd.js
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ module.exports = function(params) {
     const p = params || {};
     const options = p.config || {};
     const plugins = p.plugins;
-    
     const keys = Object.keys(options);
+    
     let prefix;
     
     checkPlugins(plugins);
@@ -76,8 +76,11 @@ module.exports = function(params) {
         config(name, value);
     });
     
-    config('console', defaultTrue(options.console));
-    config('configDialog', defaultTrue(options.configDialog));
+    const console = config('console');
+    const configDialog = config('configDialog');
+    
+    config('console', defaultValue(options.console, console));
+    config('configDialog', defaultValue(options.configDialog, configDialog));
     
     if (p.socket)
         listen(prefix, p.socket);
@@ -85,9 +88,9 @@ module.exports = function(params) {
     return cloudcmd(prefix, plugins);
 };
 
-function defaultTrue(value) {
+function defaultValue(value, previous) {
     if (typeof value === 'undefined')
-        return true;
+        return previous;
     
     return value;
 }
diff --git a/test/lib/cloudcmd.js b/test/lib/cloudcmd.js
index 9f6ce028..5c493884 100644
--- a/test/lib/cloudcmd.js
+++ b/test/lib/cloudcmd.js
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const test = require('tape');
-const cloudcmd = require('../../lib/cloudcmd');
+const DIR = '../../lib/';
+const cloudcmd = require(DIR + 'cloudcmd');
+const config = require(DIR + 'server/config');
 
 test('cloudcmd: args: no', (t) => {
     const fn = () => cloudcmd();
@@ -19,3 +21,27 @@ test('cloudcmd: args: plugins: error', (t) => {
     t.end();
 });
 
+test('cloudcmd: defaults: config', (t) => {
+    const configDialog = config('configDialog');
+    
+    config('configDialog', false);
+    cloudcmd();
+    t.notOk(config('configDialog'), 'should not override config with defaults');
+    
+    config('configDialog', configDialog);
+    
+    t.end();
+});
+
+test('cloudcmd: defaults: console', (t) => {
+    const console  = config('console');
+    
+    config('console', false);
+    cloudcmd();
+    t.notOk(config('console'), 'should not override config with defaults');
+    
+    config('console', console);
+    
+    t.end();
+});
+
diff --git a/test/rest/config.js b/test/rest/config.js
index 4e854174..9ddec3a5 100644
--- a/test/rest/config.js
+++ b/test/rest/config.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const test = require('tape');
 const promisify = require('es6-promisify');
 const pullout = require('pullout');
 const request = require('request');
+const manageConfig = require('../../lib/server/config');
 
 const before = require('../before');
 
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ test('cloudcmd: rest: config: patch: no configDialog: statusCode', (t) => {
             .then((result) => {
                 result.on('response', (response) => {
                     t.equal(response.statusCode, 404);
+                    manageConfig('configDialog', true);
                     t.end();
                     after();
                 });