diff --git a/bin/now-deploy b/bin/now-deploy
index 483fa06..986d64a 100755
--- a/bin/now-deploy
+++ b/bin/now-deploy
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ const shouldLogin = argv.login;
 const apiUrl = argv.url || 'https://api.zeit.co';
 
 const config = cfg.read();
+const alwaysForwardNpm = config.forwardNpm;
 
 if (argv.h || argv.help) {
   help();
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ async function sync (token) {
   const now = new Now(apiUrl, token, { debug });
 
   try {
-    await now.create(path, { forceNew: force, forceSync: forceSync, forwardNpm });
+    await now.create(path, { forceNew: force, forceSync: forceSync, forwardNpm: alwaysForwardNpm || forwardNpm });
   } catch (err) {
     handleError(err);
     process.exit(1);
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 571fcbd..4db8747 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export default class Now extends EventEmitter {
 
     const nowProperties = pkg.now || {};
 
-    forwardNpm = forwardNpm || nowProperties['forward-npm'];
+    forwardNpm = forwardNpm || nowProperties['forwardNpm'];
 
     // Read .npmrc
     let npmrc = {};