diff --git a/openwrtbuilder b/openwrtbuilder
index 3e679db..6b411ab 100755
--- a/openwrtbuilder
+++ b/openwrtbuilder
@@ -551,8 +551,6 @@ fromSource() {
     ./scripts/feeds update -a &&
     ./scripts/feeds install -a
 
-    make defconfig # normalize .config and remove dupes
-
     # Grab the release seed config
     if [[ -f "$SEED_FILE" ]]; then
         if askOk "$SEED_FILE exists. Re-download?"; then
@@ -567,6 +565,8 @@ fromSource() {
         fi
     fi
 
+    make defconfig # normalize .config and remove dupes
+
     for pkg in ${P_ARR[packages]:+${P_ARR[packages]}}; do
         if [[ $pkg == -* ]]; then
             make_opts+=("CONFIG_PACKAGE_${pkg#-}=n") # remove package