diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 289a83c..83eb949 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+v0.3.1:
+  date: 2013-02-28
+  changes:
+    - Fix for top level options.
 v0.3.0:
   date: 2013-02-27
   changes:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 04c3ac5..09f916e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ Spawning does cause a performance hit (usually 500ms for most environments). It
 
 ## Release History
 
+ * 2013-02-27   v0.3.1   Fix for top level options.
  * 2013-02-26   v0.3.0   nospawn option added to run tasks without spawning as child processes. Watch emits 'watch' events upon files being triggered with grunt.event. Completion time in seconds and date/time shown after tasks ran. Negate file patterns fixed. Tasks debounced individually to handle simultaneous triggering for multiple targets. Errors handled better and viewable with --stack cli option. Code complexity reduced making the watch task code easier to read.
  * 2013-02-14   v0.2.0   First official release for Grunt 0.4.0.
  * 2013-01-17   v0.2.0rc7   Updating grunt/gruntplugin dependencies to rc6. Changing in-development grunt/gruntplugin dependency versions from tilde version ranges to specific versions.
@@ -190,4 +191,4 @@ Spawning does cause a performance hit (usually 500ms for most environments). It
 
 Task submitted by [Kyle Robinson Young](http://dontkry.com)
 
-*This file was generated on Wed Feb 27 2013 14:08:02.*
+*This file was generated on Thu Feb 28 2013 10:14:13.*
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6c831da..5635a1a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "grunt-contrib-watch",
   "description": "Run predefined tasks whenever watched file patterns are added, changed or deleted.",
-  "version": "0.3.0",
+  "version": "0.3.1",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt-contrib-watch",
   "author": {
     "name": "Grunt Team",
diff --git a/tasks/watch.js b/tasks/watch.js
index 272b598..142aff2 100644
--- a/tasks/watch.js
+++ b/tasks/watch.js
@@ -13,19 +13,20 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
   var Gaze = require('gaze').Gaze;
   var taskrun = require('./lib/taskrun')(grunt);
 
-  // Default options for the watch task
-  var defaults = {
-    interrupt: false,
-    nospawn: false
-  };
-
   grunt.registerTask('watch', 'Run predefined tasks whenever watched files change.', function(target) {
     var name = this.name || 'watch';
     this.requiresConfig(name);
 
+    // Default options for the watch task
+    var defaults = this.options({
+      interrupt: false,
+      nospawn: false
+    });
+
     // Build an array of files/tasks objects
     var watch = grunt.config(name);
     var targets = target ? [target] : Object.keys(watch).filter(function(key) {
+      if (key === 'options') { return false; }
       return typeof watch[key] !== 'string' && !Array.isArray(watch[key]);
     });