diff --git a/init.sh b/init.sh
index cae9f1a..d463ad1 100644
--- a/init.sh
+++ b/init.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Generate secrets if the secrets file does not already exist
-./manage.py setup generate-secrets
-
 # Use settings template as default settings if the settings does not file already exist
 SETTINGS_FILE=/volumes/data/settings.ini
 if [[ ! -f "$SETTINGS_FILE" ]]; then
@@ -10,5 +7,8 @@ if [[ ! -f "$SETTINGS_FILE" ]]; then
         && echo "Initialized default settings at $SETTINGS_FILE"
 fi
 
+# Generate secrets if the secrets file does not already exist
+./manage.py setup generate-secrets
+
 # Start the server
 gunicorn --bind "0.0.0.0:80" --workers "5" --log-file "/volumes/logs/gunicorn.log" "run:create_app()"