diff --git a/scrapyd/__init__.py b/scrapyd/__init__.py
index 020997f5e..0b1a77adb 100644
--- a/scrapyd/__init__.py
+++ b/scrapyd/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 from scrapy.utils.misc import load_object
 from .config import Config
 
-def get_application():
-    config = Config()
+def get_application(config=None):
+    if config is None:
+        config = Config()
     apppath = config.get('application', 'scrapyd.app.application')
     appfunc = load_object(apppath)
-    return appfunc()
+    return appfunc(config)
diff --git a/scrapyd/app.py b/scrapyd/app.py
index 2ce777c1a..0cf573df5 100644
--- a/scrapyd/app.py
+++ b/scrapyd/app.py
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ from .environ import Environment
 from .website import Root
 from .config import Config
 
-def application():
+def application(config):
     app = Application("Scrapyd")
-    config = Config()
     http_port = config.getint('http_port', 6800)
 
     poller = QueuePoller(config)