diff --git a/ffplayout/utils.py b/ffplayout/utils.py
index fd855ce9..da55a0bc 100644
--- a/ffplayout/utils.py
+++ b/ffplayout/utils.py
@@ -241,9 +241,6 @@ def load_config():
     lower_third.style = cfg['text']['style']
     lower_third.regex = cfg['text']['regex']
 
-    ingest.enable = cfg['ingest']['enable']
-    ingest.stream_input = shlex.split(cfg['ingest']['stream_input'])
-
     return cfg
 
 
@@ -296,6 +293,9 @@ def pre_audio_codec():
     return ['-c:a', 's302m', '-strict', '-2', '-ar', '48000', '-ac', '2']
 
 
+ingest.enable = _cfg['ingest']['enable']
+ingest.stream_input = shlex.split(_cfg['ingest']['stream_input'])
+
 pre.w = _cfg['processing']['width']
 pre.h = _cfg['processing']['height']
 pre.aspect = _cfg['processing']['aspect']