diff --git a/gallery_dl/downloader/common.py b/gallery_dl/downloader/common.py
index cd142d48..84308848 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/downloader/common.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/downloader/common.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 import os
 from .. import config, util
+_config = config._config
 
 
 class DownloaderBase():
@@ -44,7 +45,9 @@ class DownloaderBase():
         """Interpolate downloader config value for 'key'"""
         return config.interpolate(("downloader", self.scheme), key, default)
 
-    def config_opts(self, key, default=None):
+    def config_opts(self, key, default=None, conf=_config):
+        if key in conf:
+            return conf[key]
         value = self.opts.get(key, util.SENTINEL)
         if value is not util.SENTINEL:
             return value
diff --git a/test/test_downloader.py b/test/test_downloader.py
index e4f66c2d..5a9a20bc 100644
--- a/test/test_downloader.py
+++ b/test/test_downloader.py
@@ -150,20 +150,21 @@ class TestDownloaderConfig(unittest.TestCase):
         config.set(("downloader", "http"), "filesize-min", "10k")
         config.set(("extractor", "generic"), "verify", False)
         config.set(("extractor", "generic", "example.org"), "timeout", 10)
-        config.set(("extractor", "generic", "http"), "rate", "1k")
+        config.set(("extractor", "generic", "http"), "part", False)
         config.set(
             ("extractor", "generic", "example.org", "http"), "headers", {})
 
         job = FakeJob()
         dl = downloader.find("http")(job)
 
-        self.assertEqual(dl.headers, {})
+        self.assertEqual(dl.headers, {"foo": "bar"})
         self.assertEqual(dl.minsize, 10240)
         self.assertEqual(dl.retries, float("inf"))
         self.assertEqual(dl.timeout, 10)
         self.assertEqual(dl.verify, False)
         self.assertEqual(dl.mtime, False)
-        self.assertEqual(dl.rate, 1024)
+        self.assertEqual(dl.rate, 42)
+        self.assertEqual(dl.part, False)
 
 
 class TestDownloaderBase(unittest.TestCase):