diff --git a/dbt/adapters/duckdb/plugins/sqlalchemy.py b/dbt/adapters/duckdb/plugins/sqlalchemy.py
index 3adadf57..b66c8de8 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/duckdb/plugins/sqlalchemy.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/duckdb/plugins/sqlalchemy.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 class Plugin(BasePlugin):
     def initialize(self, plugin_config: Dict[str, Any]):
-        self.engine = create_engine(plugin_config["connection_url"])
+        self.engine = create_engine(plugin_config.pop("connection_url"), **plugin_config)
 
     def load(self, source_config: SourceConfig) -> pd.DataFrame:
         if "query" in source_config: