diff --git a/admin/main.go b/admin/main.go
index 8008d8b3..478f9761 100644
--- a/admin/main.go
+++ b/admin/main.go
@@ -210,17 +210,16 @@ func main() {
 	os.MkdirAll(settings.SettingsDir, 0777)
 
 	// Initialize settings and load them
-	var config *settings.Settings
 	if !settings.ExistsSettings(path.Join(settings.SettingsDir, settings.SettingsFile)) {
 		if err = api.ResetSettings(); err != nil {
 			log.Fatal("Unable to initialize settings.json:", err)
 		}
+	}
+	var config *settings.Settings
+	if config, err = settings.ReadSettings(path.Join(settings.SettingsDir, settings.SettingsFile)); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("Unable to read settings.json:", err)
 	} else {
-		if config, err = settings.ReadSettings(path.Join(settings.SettingsDir, settings.SettingsFile)); err != nil {
-			log.Fatal("Unable to read settings.json:", err)
-		} else {
-			api.ApplySettings(config)
-		}
+		api.ApplySettings(config)
 	}
 
 	// Database connection