diff --git a/nailgun/entity_mixins.py b/nailgun/entity_mixins.py
index 84893413..7c290b2c 100644
--- a/nailgun/entity_mixins.py
+++ b/nailgun/entity_mixins.py
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ def read(self, entity=None, attrs=None, ignore=None, params=None):
                 # in the event that an entity's init is overwritten
                 # with a positional server_config
                 entity = type(self)()
+                entity._server_config = self._server_config
         if attrs is None:
             attrs = self.read_json(params=params)
         if ignore is None: