diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rdoc b/CHANGELOG.rdoc
index 973e4a59..88452cd7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rdoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rdoc
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 * enhancements
   * All controllers can now handle different mime types than html using Responders (by github.com/sikachu)
 
+* bug fix
+  * Fix a bug where configuration options were being included too late
+
+* backward incompatible changes
+  * authentication_keys are no longer considered when creating the e-mail validations, the previous behavior was buggy. You must double check if you were relying on such behavior.
+
 == 1.2.1
 
 * enhancements
diff --git a/lib/devise/models.rb b/lib/devise/models.rb
index 9b8782e3..2c142196 100644
--- a/lib/devise/models.rb
+++ b/lib/devise/models.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ module Devise
     # inside the given class.
     #
     def self.config(mod, *accessors) #:nodoc:
+      (class << mod; self; end).send :attr_accessor, :available_configs
+      mod.available_configs = accessors
+
       accessors.each do |accessor|
         mod.class_eval <<-METHOD, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1
           def #{accessor}
@@ -46,13 +49,29 @@ module Devise
     #
     def devise(*modules)
       include Devise::Models::Authenticatable
-      options = modules.extract_options!
+      options = modules.extract_options!.dup
+
       self.devise_modules += modules.map(&:to_sym).uniq.sort_by { |s|
         Devise::ALL.index(s) || -1  # follow Devise::ALL order
       }
 
       devise_modules_hook! do
-        devise_modules.each { |m| include Devise::Models.const_get(m.to_s.classify) }
+        devise_modules.each do |m|
+          mod = Devise::Models.const_get(m.to_s.classify)
+          include mod
+
+          if mod.const_defined?("ClassMethods")
+            class_mod = mod.const_get("ClassMethods")
+            if class_mod.respond_to?(:available_configs)
+              available_configs = class_mod.available_configs
+              available_configs.each do |config|
+                next unless options.key?(config)                
+                send(:"#{config}=", options.delete(config))
+              end
+            end
+          end
+        end
+
         options.each { |key, value| send(:"#{key}=", value) }
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/devise/models/validatable.rb b/lib/devise/models/validatable.rb
index 34636381..af251ee4 100644
--- a/lib/devise/models/validatable.rb
+++ b/lib/devise/models/validatable.rb
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ module Devise
 
         base.class_eval do
           validates_presence_of   :email, :if => :email_required?
-          validates_uniqueness_of :email, :scope => authentication_keys[1..-1],
-            :case_sensitive => (case_insensitive_keys != false), :allow_blank => true
+          validates_uniqueness_of :email, :case_sensitive => (case_insensitive_keys != false), :allow_blank => true
           validates_format_of     :email, :with  => email_regexp, :allow_blank => true
 
           with_options :if => :password_required? do |v|