diff --git a/net/transmission/files/transmission.init b/net/transmission/files/transmission.init
index dc2038729..f63beade4 100644
--- a/net/transmission/files/transmission.init
+++ b/net/transmission/files/transmission.init
@@ -73,18 +73,6 @@ transmission() {
 		USE=$((MEM * mem_percentage * 10))
 	fi
 
-	[ -d "$download_dir" ] || {
-		mkdir -p "$download_dir"
-		chmod 0755 "$download_dir"
-		[ -z "$user" ] || chown -R "$user:$group" "$download_dir"
-	}
-
-	[ "$incomplete_dir_enabled" = "0" ] || [ -d "$incomplete_dir" ] || {
-		mkdir -p "$incomplete_dir"
-		chmod 0755 "$incomplete_dir"
-		[ -z "$user" ] || chown -R "$user:$group" "$incomplete_dir"
-	}
-
 	config_file="$config_dir/settings.json"
 	[ -d "$config_dir" ] || {
 		mkdir -p "$config_dir"
@@ -97,6 +85,18 @@ transmission() {
 		[ -z "$user" ] || chown -R "$user:$group" "$config_dir"
 	}
 
+	[ -d "$download_dir" ] || {
+		mkdir -p "$download_dir"
+		chmod 0755 "$download_dir"
+		[ -z "$user" ] || chown -R "$user:$group" "$download_dir"
+	}
+
+	[ "$incomplete_dir_enabled" = "0" ] || [ -d "$incomplete_dir" ] || {
+		mkdir -p "$incomplete_dir"
+		chmod 0755 "$incomplete_dir"
+		[ -z "$user" ] || chown -R "$user:$group" "$incomplete_dir"
+	}
+
 	[ "$config_overwrite" = 0 ] || {
 
 		echo "{" > "$config_file"