diff --git a/nuxt.config.js b/nuxt.config.js
index 0d92a5e2..1e7a18f6 100644
--- a/nuxt.config.js
+++ b/nuxt.config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 const config = require('./server/config.js')
-config.load()
 const minifyTheme = require('minify-css-string').default
 
 const isDev = (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production')
diff --git a/server/cli/accounts.js b/server/cli/accounts.js
index 72e31abb..a7b93304 100644
--- a/server/cli/accounts.js
+++ b/server/cli/accounts.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 let db
 function _initializeDB () {
   const config = require('../config')
-  config.load()
   config.log_level = 'error'
   db = require('../api/models/index')
   return db.initialize()
diff --git a/server/config.js b/server/config.js
index 8a7b217d..a9f02927 100644
--- a/server/config.js
+++ b/server/config.js
@@ -37,4 +37,5 @@ let config = {
   }
 }
 
+config.load()
 module.exports = config
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/dbconfig.js b/server/dbconfig.js
index 6b865c76..77b63199 100644
--- a/server/dbconfig.js
+++ b/server/dbconfig.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 // needed by sequelize
 const config = require('./config')
-config.load()
 module.exports = config.db
diff --git a/server/initialize.server.js b/server/initialize.server.js
index 4b3158fc..bda4340d 100644
--- a/server/initialize.server.js
+++ b/server/initialize.server.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 const config = require('../server/config')
-config.load()
 
 const initialize = {
   // close connections/port/unix socket