diff --git a/rhodecode/config/middleware.py b/rhodecode/config/middleware.py
--- a/rhodecode/config/middleware.py
+++ b/rhodecode/config/middleware.py
@@ -529,9 +529,9 @@ def sanitize_settings_and_apply_defaults
     settings_maker.make_setting('vcs.scm_app_implementation', 'http')
     settings_maker.make_setting('vcs.server', '')
     settings_maker.make_setting('vcs.server.protocol', 'http')
+    settings_maker.make_setting('vcs.server.enable', 'true', parser='bool')
     settings_maker.make_setting('startup.import_repos', 'false', parser='bool')
     settings_maker.make_setting('vcs.hooks.direct_calls', 'false', parser='bool')
-    settings_maker.make_setting('vcs.server.enable', 'true', parser='bool')
     settings_maker.make_setting('vcs.start_server', 'false', parser='bool')
     settings_maker.make_setting('vcs.backends', 'hg, git, svn', parser='list')
     settings_maker.make_setting('vcs.connection_timeout', 3600, parser='int')