4 files changed, 21 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/bin/gitbook.js b/bin/gitbook.js
index ca68142..84f5a8f 100755
--- a/bin/gitbook.js
+++ b/bin/gitbook.js
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ build.command(prog.command('serve [source_dir]'))
 
         server.stop()
         .then(function() {
-            return build.folder(dir, options);
+            return build.folder(dir, _.extend(options || {}, {
+                defaultsPlugins: ["livereload"]
+            }));
         })
         .then(function(_options) {
             console.log();
diff --git a/lib/generate/generator.js b/lib/generate/generator.js
index ecd646c..2c4cb44 100644
--- a/lib/generate/generator.js
+++ b/lib/generate/generator.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ var BaseGenerator = function(options) {
     this.options = options;
 
     this.options.plugins = Plugin.normalizeNames(this.options.plugins);
+    this.options.plugins = _.union(this.options.plugins, this.options.defaultsPlugins);
     this.plugins = [];
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/generate/index.js b/lib/generate/index.js
index 8c6450c..8bb7052 100644
--- a/lib/generate/index.js
+++ b/lib/generate/index.js
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ var generate = function(options) {
         // Plugins
         "plugins": [],
         "pluginsConfig": {},
+        "defaultsPlugins": [], // Default plugins that can't be set in book.json
 
         // Links
         "links": {
@@ -86,6 +87,21 @@ var generate = function(options) {
     // Check files to get folder type (book, multilanguage book or neither)
     return Q()
 
+    // Read config file
+    .then(function() {
+        return fs.readFile(path.resolve(options.input, options.configFile))
+        .then(function(_config) {
+            // Extend current config
+            _config = JSON.parse(_config);
+            _config = _.omit(_config, 'input', 'configFile', 'defaultsPlugins');
+
+            _.extend(options, _config);
+        }, function() {
+            // No config file: not a big deal
+            return Q();
+        });
+    })
+
     // Read readme
     .then(function() {
         return fs.readFile(path.join(options.input, "README.md"), "utf-8")
@@ -177,21 +193,6 @@ var generateBook = function(options) {
         }
     })
 
-    // Read config file
-    .then(function() {
-        return fs.readFile(path.resolve(options.input, options.configFile))
-        .then(function(_config) {
-            // Extend current config
-            _config = JSON.parse(_config);
-            _config = _.omit(_config, 'input', 'configFile');
-
-            _.extend(options, _config);
-        }, function() {
-            // No config file: not a big deal
-            return Q();
-        });
-    })
-
     // Clean output folder
     .then(function() {
         return fs.remove(options.output);
diff --git a/lib/generate/plugin.js b/lib/generate/plugin.js
index 5804f91..1edb62d 100644
--- a/lib/generate/plugin.js
+++ b/lib/generate/plugin.js
@@ -186,8 +186,7 @@ Plugin.fromList = function(names, root) {
 // Default plugins
 Plugin.defaults = [
     "mixpanel",
-    "mathjax",
-    "livereload"
+    "mathjax"
 ];
 
 module.exports = Plugin;