diff --git a/pagure/hooks/files/default_hook.py b/pagure/hooks/files/default_hook.py
index 00e13fd..383092e 100755
--- a/pagure/hooks/files/default_hook.py
+++ b/pagure/hooks/files/default_hook.py
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ import os
 import logging
 import sys
 
+
+if 'PAGURE_CONFIG' not in os.environ \
+        and os.path.exists('/etc/pagure/pagure.cfg'):
+    os.environ['PAGURE_CONFIG'] = '/etc/pagure/pagure.cfg'
+
+
 import pygit2
 
 import pagure  # noqa: E402
@@ -19,11 +25,6 @@ import pagure.lib.tasks  # noqa: E402
 import pagure.lib.tasks_services  # noqa: E402
 
 
-if 'PAGURE_CONFIG' not in os.environ \
-        and os.path.exists('/etc/pagure/pagure.cfg'):
-    os.environ['PAGURE_CONFIG'] = '/etc/pagure/pagure.cfg'
-
-
 _config = pagure.config.config
 _log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 abspath = os.path.abspath(os.environ['GIT_DIR'])