diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index a9425c9f..38dd2862 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -128,16 +128,16 @@ func watchForConfigChanges(app *tview.Application, configFilePath string, grid *
 func main() {
 	log.SetFlags(log.LstdFlags | log.Lshortfile)
 
+	cfg.MigrateOldConfig()
+	cfg.CreateConfigDir()
+	cfg.CreateConfigFile()
+
 	// Parse and handle flags
 	flags := flags.NewFlags()
 	flags.Parse()
 	config := cfg.LoadConfigFile(flags.ConfigFilePath())
 	flags.RenderIf(version, config)
 
-	cfg.MigrateOldConfig()
-	cfg.CreateConfigDir()
-	cfg.CreateConfigFile()
-
 	if flags.Profile {
 		defer profile.Start(profile.MemProfile).Stop()
 	}