diff --git a/sit b/sit
index d0cbde2..e0d2ca9 100755
--- a/sit
+++ b/sit
@@ -77,14 +77,14 @@ SIT_USER_CONFIG_FILE=$HOME/.sit
 
 source "$SIT_PATH/functions.sh"
 
-# Reading in global configuration file
-if [[ -e $SIT_CONFIG_FILE ]] ; then
-    source $SIT_CONFIG_FILE
-fi
 # Reading in user configuration file if it exists
 if [[ -e $SIT_USER_CONFIG_FILE ]] ; then
     source $SIT_USER_CONFIG_FILE
 fi
+# Reading in global configuration file
+if [[ -e $SIT_CONFIG_FILE ]] ; then
+    source $SIT_CONFIG_FILE
+fi
 
 # identify platform manually if no environment variable was set
 PLATFORM=${PLATFORM:=$SITE_PLATFORM_NAME}