diff --git a/apps/openmw/main.cpp b/apps/openmw/main.cpp
index cc51462322..6f327a5dd4 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/main.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/main.cpp
@@ -70,10 +70,8 @@ bool parseOptions(int argc, char** argv, OMW::Engine& engine, Files::Configurati
     }
 
     cfgMgr.readConfiguration(variables, desc);
-    Settings::Manager::load(cfgMgr);
 
     setupLogging(cfgMgr.getLogPath(), "OpenMW");
-    MWGui::DebugWindow::startLogRecording();
 
     Version::Version v
         = Version::getOpenmwVersion(variables["resources"]
@@ -82,6 +80,10 @@ bool parseOptions(int argc, char** argv, OMW::Engine& engine, Files::Configurati
                                                       // MSVC 14.26 due to implementation bugs.
     Log(Debug::Info) << v.describe();
 
+    Settings::Manager::load(cfgMgr);
+
+    MWGui::DebugWindow::startLogRecording();
+
     engine.setGrabMouse(!variables["no-grab"].as<bool>());
 
     // Font encoding settings