diff --git a/app/contexts/projects/create_context.rb b/app/contexts/projects/create_context.rb
index f044b1e..2922564 100644
--- a/app/contexts/projects/create_context.rb
+++ b/app/contexts/projects/create_context.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,18 @@ module Projects
       # get namespace id
       namespace_id = params.delete(:namespace_id)
 
-      @project = Project.new(params)
+      # Load default feature settings
+      default_features = Gitlab.config.gitlab.default_projects_features
+
+      default_opts = {
+        issues_enabled: default_features.issues,
+        wiki_enabled: default_features.wiki,
+        wall_enabled: default_features.wall,
+        snippets_enabled: default_features.snippets,
+        merge_requests_enabled: default_features.merge_requests
+      }
+
+      @project = Project.new(default_opts.merge(params))
 
       # Parametrize path for project
       #
@@ -32,13 +43,6 @@ module Projects
         @project.namespace_id = current_user.namespace_id
       end
 
-      # Disable less important features by default
-      @project.issues_enabled         = Gitlab.config.gitlab.default_projects_features.issues
-      @project.wiki_enabled           = Gitlab.config.gitlab.default_projects_features.wiki
-      @project.wall_enabled           = Gitlab.config.gitlab.default_projects_features.wall
-      @project.snippets_enabled       = Gitlab.config.gitlab.default_projects_features.snippets
-      @project.merge_requests_enabled = Gitlab.config.gitlab.default_projects_features.merge_requests
-
       @project.creator = current_user
 
       # Import project from cloneable resource
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