diff --git a/slate/slate.py b/slate/slate.py
index 871219e..31cc777 100644
--- a/slate/slate.py
+++ b/slate/slate.py
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ class Slate():
         if self.consume(config, 'sweep.enable', False):
             sweepC = self.consume(config, 'sweep')
             wandbC = copy.deepcopy(config['wandb'])
-            project = self.consume(wandbC, 'project')
+            project = config.get('project')
 
             self.sweep_id = wandb.sweep(
                 sweep=sweepC,