diff --git a/ssm b/ssm
index 37216e0..a169d50 100755
--- a/ssm
+++ b/ssm
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ var service_pid \
 	failed_deps \
 	svc_pidfile \
 	cfg_path \
+	cfg_file \
 	cfg_dir \
 	rundir \
 	logdir \
@@ -510,7 +511,19 @@ var service_stopped = 0
 var service_systemd = 0
 var service_nologs = 0
 var service_cgroup_empty = 1
-var ssm_config = 0
+
+# These depend on who we are
+if (( $UID )); then
+	rundir = "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/ssm"
+	logdir = "$HOME/log/ssm"
+	cgroup_home = "/sys/fs/cgroup/user/$UID/my/ssm"
+	cfg_file = "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ssm/ssm.conf"
+else
+	rundir = '/run/ssm'
+	logdir = '/var/log/ssm'
+	cgroup_home = "/sys/fs/cgroup/ssm"
+	cfg_file = '/etc/ssm/ssm.conf'
+fi
 
 ## Figure out our full path
 case "$0" in
@@ -526,6 +539,11 @@ for p in "/etc/ssm/init.d" "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ssm/init.d"; do
 	fi
 done
 
+# Source the config
+if [[ -f "$cfg_file" ]]; then
+	source "$cfg_file" || die 37 "Failed to load config: $cfg_file"
+fi
+
 # Common config path
 cfg_path = "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ssm" '/etc/ssm'
 
@@ -533,29 +551,11 @@ cfg_path = "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ssm" '/etc/ssm'
 for (( idx=${#cfg_path[@]}-1; idx>=0; idx-- )); do
 	cfg_dir = "${cfg_path[idx]}"
 
-	ssm_config || {
-		[[ -f "$cfg_dir/ssm.conf" ]] && {
-			source "$cfg_dir/ssm.conf" || die 37 "Failed to load config: $cfg_dir/ssm.conf"
-			ssm_config = 1
-		}
-	}
-
 	for f in "$cfg_dir/functions"/*; do
 		source "$f" || die 9 "Failed to source functions from $f"
 	done
 done
 
-# These depend on who we are
-if (( $UID )); then
-	rundir := "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/ssm"
-	logdir := "$HOME/log/ssm"
-	cgroup_home := "/sys/fs/cgroup/user/$UID/my/ssm"
-else
-	rundir := '/run/ssm'
-	logdir := '/var/log/ssm'
-	cgroup_home := "/sys/fs/cgroup/ssm"
-fi
-
 # Now create the needed runtime stuff
 for d in "$rundir" "$logdir"; do
 	mkdir -p "$d" || die 3 "Failed to create runtime dir: $d"