diff --git a/pufferd.go b/pufferd.go
index 200b6e1..275d393 100644
--- a/pufferd.go
+++ b/pufferd.go
@@ -94,6 +94,14 @@ func main() {
 		return
 	}
 
+	if runInstaller {
+		install.Install(configPath, authRoot, authToken)
+	}
+
+	if runInstaller || !runDaemon {
+		return
+	}
+
 	if !runInstaller {
 		if _, err := os.Stat(configPath); os.IsNotExist(err) {
 			defaultPath := "config.json"
@@ -110,14 +118,6 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if runInstaller {
-		install.Install(configPath, authRoot, authToken)
-	}
-
-	if runInstaller || !runDaemon {
-		return
-	}
-
 	config.Load(configPath)
 
 	logging.SetLevelByString(loggingLevel)