diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 62b68fb3..9d2c4b5d 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ Release History
 PlatformIO 2.0
 --------------
 
+2.3.1 (2015-09-??)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* Fixed critical issue when `platformio init --ide <http://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/userguide/cmd_init.html>`__ command hangs PlatformIO
+  (`issue #283 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio/issues/283>`_)
+
 2.3.0 (2015-09-05)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/platformio/__init__.py b/platformio/__init__.py
index 95c2f1eb..50f825be 100644
--- a/platformio/__init__.py
+++ b/platformio/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) Ivan Kravets <me@ikravets.com>
 # See LICENSE for details.
 
-VERSION = (2, 3, 0)
+VERSION = (2, 3, "1.dev0")
 __version__ = ".".join([str(s) for s in VERSION])
 
 __title__ = "platformio"
diff --git a/platformio/commands/init.py b/platformio/commands/init.py
index 75a263ed..eac1e7c0 100644
--- a/platformio/commands/init.py
+++ b/platformio/commands/init.py
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ from shutil import copyfile
 import click
 
 from platformio import app, exception
+from platformio.commands.platforms import \
+    platforms_install as cli_platforms_install
 from platformio.ide.projectgenerator import ProjectGenerator
+from platformio.platforms.base import PlatformFactory
 from platformio.util import get_boards, get_source_dir
 
 
@@ -33,7 +36,9 @@ def validate_boards(ctx, param, value):  # pylint: disable=W0613
               type=click.Choice(ProjectGenerator.get_supported_ides()))
 @click.option("--disable-auto-uploading", is_flag=True)
 @click.option("--env-prefix", default="")
-def cli(project_dir, board, ide, disable_auto_uploading, env_prefix):
+@click.pass_context
+def cli(ctx, project_dir, board, ide,  # pylint: disable=R0913
+        disable_auto_uploading, env_prefix):
 
     # ask about auto-uploading
     if board and app.get_setting("enable_prompts"):
@@ -95,7 +100,7 @@ For example, "lib/private_lib/[here are source files]".
 
     if board:
         fill_project_envs(
-            project_file, board, disable_auto_uploading, env_prefix)
+            ctx, project_file, board, disable_auto_uploading, env_prefix)
 
     if ide:
         pg = ProjectGenerator(project_dir, ide, board[0] if board else None)
@@ -113,11 +118,12 @@ For example, "lib/private_lib/[here are source files]".
     )
 
 
-def fill_project_envs(project_file, board_types, disable_auto_uploading,
+def fill_project_envs(ctx, project_file, board_types, disable_auto_uploading,
                       env_prefix):
     builtin_boards = get_boards()
     content = []
     used_envs = []
+    used_platforms = []
 
     with open(project_file) as f:
         used_envs = [l.strip() for l in f.read().splitlines() if
@@ -125,6 +131,7 @@ def fill_project_envs(project_file, board_types, disable_auto_uploading,
 
     for type_ in board_types:
         data = builtin_boards[type_]
+        used_platforms.append(data['platform'])
         env_name = "[env:%s%s]" % (env_prefix, type_)
 
         if env_name in used_envs:
@@ -143,9 +150,21 @@ def fill_project_envs(project_file, board_types, disable_auto_uploading,
         content.append("%stargets = upload" % ("# " if disable_auto_uploading
                                                else ""))
 
+    _install_dependent_platforms(ctx, used_platforms)
+
     if not content:
         return
 
     with open(project_file, "a") as f:
         content.append("")
         f.write("\n".join(content))
+
+
+def _install_dependent_platforms(ctx, platforms):
+    installed_platforms = PlatformFactory.get_platforms(installed=True).keys()
+    if set(platforms) <= set(installed_platforms):
+        return
+    ctx.invoke(
+        cli_platforms_install,
+        platforms=list(set(platforms) - set(installed_platforms))
+    )
diff --git a/platformio/commands/run.py b/platformio/commands/run.py
index 8f4324c1..daf6ae41 100644
--- a/platformio/commands/run.py
+++ b/platformio/commands/run.py
@@ -174,8 +174,7 @@ class EnvironmentProcessor(object):
 
 
 def _autoinstall_platform(ctx, platform, targets):
-    installed_platforms = PlatformFactory.get_platforms(
-        installed=True).keys()
+    installed_platforms = PlatformFactory.get_platforms(installed=True).keys()
     cmd_options = {}
     p = PlatformFactory.newPlatform(platform)
 
diff --git a/platformio/ide/projectgenerator.py b/platformio/ide/projectgenerator.py
index 9007a06a..6597b41d 100644
--- a/platformio/ide/projectgenerator.py
+++ b/platformio/ide/projectgenerator.py
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ class ProjectGenerator(object):
         if "env_name" not in envdata:
             return data
         result = util.exec_command(
-            ["platformio", "run", "-t", "idedata", "-e", envdata['env_name'],
-             "--project-dir", self.project_dir]
+            ["platformio", "-f", "run", "-t", "idedata",
+             "-e", envdata['env_name'], "-d", self.project_dir]
         )
         if result['returncode'] != 0 or '"includes":' not in result['out']:
             return data