diff --git a/dvc/command/repro.py b/dvc/command/repro.py
index 7bc5aa3c5..d91cc3c35 100644
--- a/dvc/command/repro.py
+++ b/dvc/command/repro.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class CmdRepro(CmdRun):
             if self.parsed_args.target:
                 targets += self.parsed_args.target
             else:
-                target = self.settings.config.get('Target', None)
+                target = self.settings.config._config['Global'].get('Target', None)
                 if not target or len(target) == 0:
                     Logger.error('Reproduction target is not defined. ' +
                                  'Specify data file or set target by ' +
diff --git a/dvc/command/show_workflow.py b/dvc/command/show_workflow.py
index 37b6bdc2e..617242995 100644
--- a/dvc/command/show_workflow.py
+++ b/dvc/command/show_workflow.py
@@ -11,14 +11,8 @@ class CmdShowWorkflow(CmdBase):
     def run(self):
         target = self.settings.parsed_args.target
         if not target:
-            target = self.settings.config.target_file
-
-            if not os.path.exists(target):
-                Logger.warn(u'Target is not defined: use empty target')
-                target = ''
-            else:
-                target = open(target).read()
-                Logger.debug(u'Set show workflow target as {}'.format(target))
+            target = self._settings.config._config['Global'].get('Target', '')
+            Logger.debug(u'Set show workflow target as {}'.format(target))
 
         wf = self.git.get_all_commits(target, self.settings)
         wf.build_graph(self.settings.parsed_args.dvc_commits, self.settings.parsed_args.all_commits)
diff --git a/functest/test-repro-code.sh b/functest/test-repro-code.sh
index 4f083bfa1..ffdbd85b0 100755
--- a/functest/test-repro-code.sh
+++ b/functest/test-repro-code.sh
@@ -18,4 +18,15 @@ git commit -am 'Change code'
 dvc_info 'Reproduce tsv convertion code'
 dvc repro data/tsv/Badges.tsv
 
+dvc_info 'Modify code'
+echo " " >> code/xmltotsv.py
+git commit -am 'Change code'
+
+dvc_info 'Set default target'
+dvc config global.target data/tsv/Badges.tsv
+git commit -am 'Set default target'
+
+dvc_info 'Reproduce tsv convertion code as default target'
+dvc repro
+
 dvc_pass