diff --git a/micro/init.lua b/micro/init.lua
index 2a21c04..4a36f48 100644
--- a/micro/init.lua
+++ b/micro/init.lua
@@ -1,32 +1,11 @@
 -- ec = require("editorconfig_core")
 
-local function getProperties(fullpath)
-   -- FIXME: Commands can be injected here!
-   -- For example, issuing this command will create file b.txt
-   -- $ micro "a.txt'; touch 'b.txt"
-   local file = io.popen("editorconfig '" .. fullpath .. "'", "r")
-   local output = file:read("*all")
-   file:close()
-
-   local properties = {}
-   -- TODO: Which is better? output:gmatch(), string.gmatch(output, ...)
-   for line in output:gmatch('([^\n]+)') do
-      -- TODO: Fix regex
-      local key, value = line:match('([^=]*)=(.*)')
-      key = key:gsub('^%s(.-)%s*$', '%1')
-      value = value:gsub('^%s(.-)%s*$', '%1')
-      -- TODO: Throw error when key is empty string
-      properties[key] = value
-   end
-
-   return properties
-end
-
 local function setIndentation(properties, view)
    local indent_size_str = properties["indent_size"]
    local tab_width_str = properties["tab_width"]
    local indent_style = properties["indent_style"]
 
+   -- TODO: Fix logic to decide indent_size
    local indent_size = tonumber(indent_size_str, 10)
    if indent_size ~= nil then
       messenger:Message("set tabsize to " .. indent_size_str)
@@ -51,19 +30,20 @@ local function setInsertFinalNewline(properties, view)
    end
 end
 
-function onViewOpen(view)
-   -- Is this portable? (work on windows?)
-   local pwd = os.getenv("PWD")
-   local filename = view.Buf.Path
-   -- prop, names = ec.parse(filepath)
-   local fullpath = JoinPaths(pwd, filename)
-   local properties = getProperties(fullpath)
-   if properties["indent_style"] == nil then
-      messenger:Message("edconf: nil")
-   else
-      messenger:Message("edconf: " .. properties["indent_style"])
+function onEditorConfigExit(output)
+   local properties = {}
+   -- TODO: Which is better? output:gmatch(), string.gmatch(output, ...)
+   for line in output:gmatch('([^\n]+)') do
+      -- TODO: Fix regex
+      local key, value = line:match('([^=]*)=(.*)')
+      key = key:gsub('^%s(.-)%s*$', '%1')
+      value = value:gsub('^%s(.-)%s*$', '%1')
+      -- TODO: Throw error when key is empty string
+      properties[key] = value
    end
 
+   local view = CurView()
+
    setIndentation(properties, view)
    -- Currently micro does not support changing coding-systems
    -- (Always use utf-8 with LF?)
@@ -74,6 +54,23 @@ function onViewOpen(view)
    setInsertFinalNewline(properties, view)
 end
 
+local function applyProperties(view)
+   -- Is this portable? (work on windows?)
+   local pwd = os.getenv("PWD")
+   local filename = view.Buf.Path
+   -- prop, names = ec.parse(filepath)
+   local fullpath = JoinPaths(pwd, filename)
+
+   -- FIXME: Commands can be injected here!
+   -- For example, issuing this command will create file b.txt
+   -- $ micro "a.txt'; touch 'b.txt"
+   JobStart("editorconfig " .. fullpath, "", "", "init.onEditorConfigExit")
+end
+
+function onViewOpen(view)
+   applyProperties(view)
+end
+
 function onSave(view)
    -- messenger:Message("Saved!")
 end