diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index cedc357313..c1e910af6d 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -1037,8 +1037,12 @@ sub run_request {
 	reset_timer();
 
 	evaluate_uri();
+	evaluate_gitweb_config();
 	check_loadavg();
 
+	# $projectroot and $projects_list might be set in gitweb config file
+	$projects_list ||= $projectroot;
+
 	evaluate_query_params();
 	evaluate_path_info();
 	evaluate_and_validate_params();
@@ -1086,12 +1090,8 @@ sub evaluate_argv {
 
 sub run {
 	evaluate_argv();
-	evaluate_gitweb_config();
 	evaluate_git_version();
 
-	# $projectroot and $projects_list might be set in gitweb config file
-	$projects_list ||= $projectroot;
-
 	$pre_listen_hook->()
 		if $pre_listen_hook;