diff --git a/GitTfs/Core/GitRepository.cs b/GitTfs/Core/GitRepository.cs
index 9226e0f7..f7bce5ae 100644
--- a/GitTfs/Core/GitRepository.cs
+++ b/GitTfs/Core/GitRepository.cs
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ namespace Sep.Git.Tfs.Core
         }
 
         public T GetConfig<T>(string key)
+        {
+            return GetConfig(key, default(T));
+        }
+
+        public T GetConfig<T>(string key, T defaultValue)
         {
             try
             {
@@ -95,10 +100,9 @@ namespace Sep.Git.Tfs.Core
             }
             catch (Exception)
             {
-                return default(T);
+                return defaultValue;
             }
         }
-
         public void SetConfig(string key, string value)
         {
             _repository.Config.Set<string>(key, value, ConfigurationLevel.Local);
diff --git a/GitTfs/Core/IGitRepository.cs b/GitTfs/Core/IGitRepository.cs
index a9f62c12..6d56ec45 100644
--- a/GitTfs/Core/IGitRepository.cs
+++ b/GitTfs/Core/IGitRepository.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ namespace Sep.Git.Tfs.Core
         string GitDir { get; set; }
         string GetConfig(string key);
         T GetConfig<T>(string key);
+        T GetConfig<T>(string key, T defaultValue);
         void SetConfig(string key, string value);
         IEnumerable<IGitTfsRemote> ReadAllTfsRemotes();
         IGitTfsRemote ReadTfsRemote(string remoteId);
diff --git a/GitTfs/Util/ConfigPropertyLoader.cs b/GitTfs/Util/ConfigPropertyLoader.cs
index 145bc668..9c7cf990 100644
--- a/GitTfs/Util/ConfigPropertyLoader.cs
+++ b/GitTfs/Util/ConfigPropertyLoader.cs
@@ -31,11 +31,7 @@ namespace Sep.Git.Tfs.Util
             if (_overrides.ContainsKey(key))
                 return (T) _overrides[key];
 
-            var configEntry = _globals.Repository.GetConfig<T>(key);
-            if (configEntry != null)
-                return configEntry;
-
-            return defaultValue;
+            return _globals.Repository.GetConfig<T>(key, defaultValue);
         }
     }
 }