diff --git a/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/AbstractPlugin.java b/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/AbstractPlugin.java
index 28ab525..8463185 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/AbstractPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/AbstractPlugin.java
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ public class AbstractPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 	public void apply(Project target) {
 		this.project = target;
 
-		project.getLogger().lifecycle("Fabric Loom: " + AbstractPlugin.class.getPackage().getImplementationVersion());
+		if(isRootProject(target)){
+			project.getLogger().lifecycle("Fabric Loom: " + AbstractPlugin.class.getPackage().getImplementationVersion());
+		}
 
 		// Apply default plugins
 		project.apply(ImmutableMap.of("plugin", "java"));
@@ -281,4 +283,8 @@ public class AbstractPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 			}
 		});
 	}
+
+	public static boolean isRootProject(Project project){
+		return project.getRootProject() == project;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/task/GenIdeaProjectTask.java b/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/task/GenIdeaProjectTask.java
index d7b5623..81eecce 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/task/GenIdeaProjectTask.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/task/GenIdeaProjectTask.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 package net.fabricmc.loom.task;
 
+import net.fabricmc.loom.AbstractPlugin;
 import net.fabricmc.loom.LoomGradleExtension;
 import net.fabricmc.loom.util.RunConfig;
 import org.gradle.api.Project;
@@ -50,6 +51,10 @@ public class GenIdeaProjectTask extends DefaultLoomTask {
 	@TaskAction
 	public void genIdeaRuns() throws IOException, ParserConfigurationException, SAXException, TransformerException {
 		Project project = this.getProject();
+		//Only generate the idea runs on the root project
+		if(!AbstractPlugin.isRootProject(project)){
+			return;
+		}
 		LoomGradleExtension extension = project.getExtensions().getByType(LoomGradleExtension.class);
 		project.getLogger().lifecycle(":Building idea workspace");