diff --git a/xtext-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/xtext/gradle/tasks/XtextEclipsePreferences.xtend b/xtext-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/xtext/gradle/tasks/XtextEclipsePreferences.xtend
index 0a69975d..fe19af96 100644
--- a/xtext-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/xtext/gradle/tasks/XtextEclipsePreferences.xtend
+++ b/xtext-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/xtext/gradle/tasks/XtextEclipsePreferences.xtend
@@ -23,5 +23,9 @@ class XtextEclipsePreferences extends EclipsePreferences {
 	override public save() throws BackingStoreException {
 		super.save
 	}
+	
+	override public load() throws BackingStoreException {
+		super.load
+	}
 
 }
diff --git a/xtext-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/xtext/gradle/tasks/XtextEclipseSettings.xtend b/xtext-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/xtext/gradle/tasks/XtextEclipseSettings.xtend
index c59e7b1a..47ac2dcd 100644
--- a/xtext-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/xtext/gradle/tasks/XtextEclipseSettings.xtend
+++ b/xtext-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/xtext/gradle/tasks/XtextEclipseSettings.xtend
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class XtextEclipseSettings extends DefaultTask {
 	def writeSettings() {
 		xtext.languages.forEach [ Language language |
 			val prefs = new XtextEclipsePreferences(project, language.name)
+			prefs.load
 			prefs.putBoolean("is_project_specific", true)
 			language.outputs.forEach [ output |
 				prefs.put(output.getKey("directory"), project.file(output.dir).absolutePath)