diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/Kobalt.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/Kobalt.kt
index 7d748feb..c6d5ed30 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/Kobalt.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/Kobalt.kt
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ package com.beust.kobalt.api
 import com.beust.kobalt.Args
 import com.beust.kobalt.HostConfig
 import com.beust.kobalt.Plugins
+import com.beust.kobalt.homeDir
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.MainModule
 import com.google.inject.Guice
 import com.google.inject.Injector
+import java.io.File
 import java.io.InputStream
 import java.util.*
 
@@ -18,12 +20,15 @@ public class Kobalt {
 
         var context: KobaltContext? = null
 
-        private val DEFAULT_REPOS = arrayListOf(
+        val MAVEN_REPO = homeDir(".m2" + File.separator + "repository")
+
+        private val DEFAULT_REPOS = listOf(
             "http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/",
             "https://maven-central.storage.googleapis.com/",
             "https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/repositories/root_repository/",
-            "https://jcenter.bintray.com/"
-        )
+            "https://jcenter.bintray.com/",
+            if (File(MAVEN_REPO).exists()) MAVEN_REPO else ""
+        ).filter { it != "" }
 
         val repos = HashSet<HostConfig>(DEFAULT_REPOS.map { HostConfig(it) })