diff --git a/lib/capistrano/setup.rb b/lib/capistrano/setup.rb
index 8f5f4326..f08b470d 100644
--- a/lib/capistrano/setup.rb
+++ b/lib/capistrano/setup.rb
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ include Capistrano::DSL
 namespace :load do
   task :defaults do
     load 'capistrano/defaults.rb'
-    load 'config/deploy.rb'
   end
 end
 
 stages.each do |stage|
   Rake::Task.define_task(stage) do
     invoke 'load:defaults'
+    load 'config/deploy.rb'
     load "config/deploy/#{stage}.rb"
     load "capistrano/#{fetch(:scm)}.rb"
     set(:stage, stage.to_sym)