diff --git a/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Configuration/ImageProcessingSection.cs b/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Configuration/ImageProcessingSection.cs
index 6c2926c29..cbed1468d 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Configuration/ImageProcessingSection.cs
+++ b/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Configuration/ImageProcessingSection.cs
@@ -11,13 +11,11 @@
 
 namespace ImageProcessor.Web.Configuration
 {
-    #region Using
     using System.Configuration;
     using System.IO;
     using System.Linq;
     using System.Xml;
     using ImageProcessor.Web.Helpers;
-    #endregion
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Represents an image processing section within a configuration file.
@@ -26,7 +24,6 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Web.Configuration
     public sealed class ImageProcessingSection : ConfigurationSection
     {
         #region Properties
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether to preserve exif meta data.
         /// </summary>
@@ -66,6 +63,11 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Web.Configuration
                 return this["plugins"] as PluginElementCollection;
             }
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether to auto load plugins.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool AutoLoadPlugins { get; set; }
         #endregion
 
         #region Methods
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Web.Configuration
 
             if (imageProcessingSection != null)
             {
+                imageProcessingSection.AutoLoadPlugins = false;
                 return imageProcessingSection;
             }
 
@@ -87,7 +90,7 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Web.Configuration
             XmlReader reader = new XmlTextReader(new StringReader(section));
             imageProcessingSection = new ImageProcessingSection();
             imageProcessingSection.DeserializeSection(reader);
-
+            imageProcessingSection.AutoLoadPlugins = true;
             return imageProcessingSection;
         }
         #endregion
@@ -251,19 +254,6 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Web.Configuration
         /// </summary>
         public class PluginElementCollection : ConfigurationElementCollection
         {
-            /// <summary>
-            /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether to auto load all plugins.
-            /// <remarks>Defaults to <value>True</value>.</remarks>
-            /// </summary>
-            /// <value>If True plugins are auto discovered and loaded from all assemblies otherwise they must be defined in the configuration file</value>
-            [ConfigurationProperty("autoLoadPlugins", DefaultValue = true, IsRequired = false)]
-            public bool AutoLoadPlugins
-            {
-                get { return (bool)this["autoLoadPlugins"]; }
-
-                set { this["autoLoadPlugins"] = value; }
-            }
-
             /// <summary>
             /// Gets the type of the <see cref="T:System.Configuration.ConfigurationElementCollection"/>.
             /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Configuration/ImageProcessorConfiguration.cs b/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Configuration/ImageProcessorConfiguration.cs
index 69bc77b7a..4846c61ea 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Configuration/ImageProcessorConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Configuration/ImageProcessorConfiguration.cs
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Web.Configuration
         {
             if (this.GraphicsProcessors == null)
             {
-                if (GetImageProcessingSection().Plugins.AutoLoadPlugins)
+                if (GetImageProcessingSection().AutoLoadPlugins)
                 {
                     Type type = typeof(IWebGraphicsProcessor);
                     try
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Web.Configuration
         {
             if (this.ImageServices == null)
             {
-                if (GetImageSecuritySection().ImageServices.AutoLoadServices)
+                if (GetImageSecuritySection().AutoLoadServices)
                 {
                     Type type = typeof(IImageService);
                     try
diff --git a/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Configuration/ImageSecuritySection.cs b/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Configuration/ImageSecuritySection.cs
index dd47c9ac5..c99fcb3ae 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Configuration/ImageSecuritySection.cs
+++ b/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Configuration/ImageSecuritySection.cs
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Web.Configuration
                 return o as ServiceElementCollection;
             }
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether to auto load services.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool AutoLoadServices { get; set; }
         #endregion
 
         #region Methods
@@ -50,6 +55,7 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Web.Configuration
 
             if (imageSecuritySection != null)
             {
+                imageSecuritySection.AutoLoadServices = false;
                 return imageSecuritySection;
             }
 
@@ -57,7 +63,7 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Web.Configuration
             XmlReader reader = new XmlTextReader(new StringReader(section));
             imageSecuritySection = new ImageSecuritySection();
             imageSecuritySection.DeserializeSection(reader);
-
+            imageSecuritySection.AutoLoadServices = true;
             return imageSecuritySection;
         }
         #endregion
@@ -139,19 +145,6 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Web.Configuration
         /// </summary>
         public class ServiceElementCollection : ConfigurationElementCollection
         {
-            /// <summary>
-            /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether to auto load all plugins.
-            /// <remarks>Defaults to <value>True</value>.</remarks>
-            /// </summary>
-            /// <value>If True plugins are auto discovered and loaded from all assemblies otherwise they must be defined in the configuration file</value>
-            [ConfigurationProperty("autoLoadServices", DefaultValue = true, IsRequired = false)]
-            public bool AutoLoadServices
-            {
-                get { return (bool)this["autoLoadServices"]; }
-
-                set { this["autoLoadServices"] = value; }
-            }
-
             /// <summary>
             /// Gets the type of the <see cref="T:System.Configuration.ConfigurationElementCollection"/>.
             /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Configuration/Resources/processing.config b/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Configuration/Resources/processing.config
index 8be8188c9..4b6851a03 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Configuration/Resources/processing.config
+++ b/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Configuration/Resources/processing.config
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <processing preserveExifMetaData="false">
   <presets>
   </presets>
-  <plugins autoLoadPlugins="true">
+  <plugins>
     <plugin name="Alpha" type="ImageProcessor.Web.Processors.Alpha, ImageProcessor.Web"/>
     <plugin name="AutoRotate" type="ImageProcessor.Web.Processors.AutoRotate, ImageProcessor.Web"/>
     <plugin name="BackgroundColor" type="ImageProcessor.Web.Processors.BackgroundColor, ImageProcessor.Web"/>
diff --git a/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Configuration/Resources/security.config b/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Configuration/Resources/security.config
index 5326f270f..86e92d567 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Configuration/Resources/security.config
+++ b/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Configuration/Resources/security.config
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <security>
-  <services autoLoadServices="true">
+  <services>
     <service name="LocalFileImageService" type="ImageProcessor.Web.Services.LocalFileImageService, ImageProcessor.Web"/>
     <service prefix="remote.axd" name="RemoteImageService" type="ImageProcessor.Web.Services.RemoteImageService, ImageProcessor.Web">
       <settings>
diff --git a/src/TestWebsites/MVC/config/imageprocessor/processing.config b/src/TestWebsites/MVC/config/imageprocessor/processing.config
index 633325459..521d082d9 100644
--- a/src/TestWebsites/MVC/config/imageprocessor/processing.config
+++ b/src/TestWebsites/MVC/config/imageprocessor/processing.config
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <processing preserveExifMetaData="false">
   <presets>
   </presets>
-  <plugins autoLoadPlugins="true">
+  <plugins>
     <plugin name="Alpha" type="ImageProcessor.Web.Processors.Alpha, ImageProcessor.Web"/>
     <plugin name="AutoRotate" type="ImageProcessor.Web.Processors.AutoRotate, ImageProcessor.Web"/>
     <plugin name="BackgroundColor" type="ImageProcessor.Web.Processors.BackgroundColor, ImageProcessor.Web"/>
diff --git a/src/TestWebsites/MVC/config/imageprocessor/security.config b/src/TestWebsites/MVC/config/imageprocessor/security.config
index b49f89854..dc9d8fe95 100644
--- a/src/TestWebsites/MVC/config/imageprocessor/security.config
+++ b/src/TestWebsites/MVC/config/imageprocessor/security.config
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
 <security>
-  <services autoLoadServices="true">
+  <services>
     <service name="LocalFileImageService" type="ImageProcessor.Web.Services.LocalFileImageService, ImageProcessor.Web"/>
     <service prefix="remote.axd" name="RemoteImageService" type="ImageProcessor.Web.Services.RemoteImageService, ImageProcessor.Web">
       <settings>