diff --git a/META-INF/plugin.xml b/META-INF/plugin.xml
index 96076d6..bb31f31 100644
--- a/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <idea-plugin version="2">
   <id>org.zkoss.zkidea</id>
   <name>ZK</name>
-  <version>0.1.9</version>
+  <version>0.1.10</version>
   <vendor email="info@zkoss.org" url="http://www.zkoss.org">ZK Framework</vendor>
   <depends>org.jetbrains.idea.maven</depends>
 
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
     ]]></description>
 
   <change-notes><![CDATA[
+      <p>0.1.10</p>
+      <ul>
+           <li> [bug] #20 - Error when starting IntelliJ IDEA 2017.2 </li>
+      </ul>
+      <br>
       <p>0.1.9</p>
       <ul>
            <li> [bug] #19 - Exception on Intellij IU-163.12024.16 </li>
diff --git a/src/org/zkoss/zkidea/project/ZKProjectsManager.java b/src/org/zkoss/zkidea/project/ZKProjectsManager.java
index 0163ad8..c0915f8 100644
--- a/src/org/zkoss/zkidea/project/ZKProjectsManager.java
+++ b/src/org/zkoss/zkidea/project/ZKProjectsManager.java
@@ -54,11 +54,15 @@ protected ZKProjectsManager(Project project) {
 
 	public void initComponent() {
 		StartupManagerEx startupManager = StartupManagerEx.getInstanceEx(this.myProject);
-		startupManager.registerStartupActivity(new Runnable() {
-			public void run() {
-				ZKProjectsManager.this.doInit();
-			}
-		});
+
+		// fix for issue #20
+		if (!this.myProject.isDefault()) {
+			startupManager.registerStartupActivity(new Runnable() {
+				public void run() {
+					ZKProjectsManager.this.doInit();
+				}
+			});
+		}
 	}
 
 	private void doInit() {