diff --git a/phases.go b/phases.go
index 6a7f25e..ffb8db3 100644
--- a/phases.go
+++ b/phases.go
@@ -129,15 +129,15 @@ func (this *environment) phase30ConfigurationParsing() bool {
 		log.Println("!!! (30) could not determine location of file(s):", err)
 		return true
 	}
+	if this.flags.configFile != "" {
+		paths = append(paths, this.flags.configFile)
+	}
 	if this.Verb() {
 		log.Println("(i) (30) have configuration files:")
 		for _, paths := range paths {
 			log.Println("(i) (30) -", paths)
 		}
 	}
-	if this.flags.configFile != "" {
-		paths = append(paths, this.flags.configFile)
-	}
 	// parse every config and merge them all
 	configs := make([]iniConfig, 0, len(paths))
 	for _, path := range paths {