diff --git a/sit b/sit
index 85fd0cd..33b26e0 100755
--- a/sit
+++ b/sit
@@ -63,15 +63,17 @@ while [ "$1" != "" ] ; do
     shift
 done
 
-# Reading in user configuration file if it exists
-if [[ -e $SIT_USER_CONFIG_FILE ]] ; then
-    source $SIT_USER_CONFIG_FILE
-fi
+
+source "$SIT_PATH/functions.sh"
+
 # Reading in global configuration file
 if [[ -e $SIT_CONFIG_FILE ]] ; then
     source $SIT_CONFIG_FILE
 fi
-source "$SIT_PATH/functions.sh"
+# Reading in user configuration file if it exists
+if [[ -e $SIT_USER_CONFIG_FILE ]] ; then
+    source $SIT_USER_CONFIG_FILE
+fi
 
 # identify platform manually if no environment variable was set
 PLATFORM=${PLATFORM:=$SITE_PLATFORM_NAME}