diff --git a/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Composer/ComposerAbstractTask.php b/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Composer/ComposerAbstractTask.php
index dc9d15f..aa31736 100644
--- a/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Composer/ComposerAbstractTask.php
+++ b/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Composer/ComposerAbstractTask.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ abstract class ComposerAbstractTask extends AbstractTask
 {
     protected function getComposerCmd()
     {
-
-        return $this->getConfig()->general('composer_cmd', 'php composer.phar');
+        $composerCmd = $this->getParameter('composer_cmd', 'php composer.phar');
+        return $this->getConfig()->general('composer_cmd', $composerCmd);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}