diff --git a/packages/tailwindcss-language-server/src/server.ts b/packages/tailwindcss-language-server/src/server.ts
index 6b6877cb8baaeddb2e05bb3c0c94263a4d2be74a..f05c842feb17c67448b4e07269c7d47e020f7343 100644
--- a/packages/tailwindcss-language-server/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/tailwindcss-language-server/src/server.ts
@@ -211,33 +211,12 @@   params: InitializeParams,
   documentService: DocumentService
 ): Promise<ProjectService> {
   const disposables: Disposable[] = []
-  const documentSettingsCache: Map<string, Settings> = new Map()
-
-  async function getConfiguration(uri?: string) {
-    if (documentSettingsCache.has(uri)) {
-      return documentSettingsCache.get(uri)
-    }
-    let [editor, tailwindCSS] = await Promise.all([
-      connection.workspace.getConfiguration({
-        section: 'editor',
-        scopeUri: uri,
-      }),
-      connection.workspace.getConfiguration({
-        section: 'tailwindCSS',
-        scopeUri: uri,
-      }),
-    ])
-    let config: Settings = { editor, tailwindCSS }
-    documentSettingsCache.set(uri, config)
-    return config
-  }
-
   const state: State = {
     enabled: false,
     editor: {
       connection,
       folder,
-      globalSettings: await getConfiguration(),
+      globalSettings: params.initializationOptions.configuration as Settings,
       userLanguages: params.initializationOptions.userLanguages
         ? params.initializationOptions.userLanguages
         : {},
@@ -247,17 +226,35 @@         configuration: true,
         diagnosticRelatedInformation: true,
       },
       documents: documentService.documents,
-      getConfiguration,
+      getConfiguration: async (uri?: string) => {
+        if (documentSettingsCache.has(uri)) {
+          return documentSettingsCache.get(uri)
+        }
+        let [editor, tailwindCSS] = await Promise.all([
+          connection.workspace.getConfiguration({
+            section: 'editor',
+            scopeUri: uri,
+          }),
+          connection.workspace.getConfiguration({
+            section: 'tailwindCSS',
+            scopeUri: uri,
+          }),
+        ])
+        let config: Settings = { editor, tailwindCSS }
+        documentSettingsCache.set(uri, config)
+        return config
+      },
       getDocumentSymbols: (uri: string) => {
         return connection.sendRequest('@/tailwindCSS/getDocumentSymbols', { uri })
       },
     },
   }
 
+  const documentSettingsCache: Map<string, Settings> = new Map()
   let registrations: Promise<BulkUnregistration>
 
   let chokidarWatcher: chokidar.FSWatcher
-  let ignore = state.editor.globalSettings.tailwindCSS.files?.exclude ?? []
+  let ignore = state.editor.globalSettings.tailwindCSS.files.exclude
 
   function onFileEvents(changes: Array<{ file: string; type: FileChangeType }>): void {
     let needsInit = false
@@ -450,7 +447,7 @@
     let [configPath] = (
       await glob([`**/${CONFIG_FILE_GLOB}`], {
         cwd: folder,
-        ignore: state.editor.globalSettings.tailwindCSS.files?.exclude ?? [],
+        ignore: state.editor.globalSettings.tailwindCSS.files.exclude,
         onlyFiles: true,
         absolute: true,
         suppressErrors: true,
@@ -983,9 +980,9 @@       }
     },
     onUpdateSettings(settings: any): void {
       documentSettingsCache.clear()
-      let previousExclude = state.editor.globalSettings.tailwindCSS.files?.exclude ?? []
+      let previousExclude = state.editor.globalSettings.tailwindCSS.files.exclude
       state.editor.globalSettings = settings
-      if (!equal(previousExclude, settings.tailwindCSS.files?.exclude ?? [])) {
+      if (!equal(previousExclude, settings.tailwindCSS.files.exclude)) {
         tryInit()
       } else {
         if (state.enabled) {
diff --git a/packages/vscode-tailwindcss/src/extension.ts b/packages/vscode-tailwindcss/src/extension.ts
index a8bcf9c0479c3b5ef54b9f08ad47b41f2597448a..30cc692554f5d7df0422d7bebe2eee91cf7a009e 100755
--- a/packages/vscode-tailwindcss/src/extension.ts
+++ b/packages/vscode-tailwindcss/src/extension.ts
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@         },
       },
       initializationOptions: {
         userLanguages: getUserLanguages(folder),
+        configuration,
       },
       synchronize: {
         configurationSection: ['editor', 'tailwindCSS'],