diff --git a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/daemon.go b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/daemon.go
index d095b6a..2c11ae1 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/daemon.go
+++ b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/daemon.go
@@ -546,7 +546,6 @@ func (self *NNTPDaemon) MarkSpam(msgid string) {
 
 // run daemon
 func (self *NNTPDaemon) Run() {
-	self.spamFilter.Configure(self.conf.spamconf)
 	self.bind_addr = self.conf.daemon["bind"]
 
 	listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", self.bind_addr)
@@ -1152,6 +1151,8 @@ func (self *NNTPDaemon) Setup() {
 
 		self.frontend = NewHTTPFrontend(self, self.cache, self.conf.frontend, self.conf.worker["url"])
 	}
+	
+	self.spamFilter.Configure(self.conf.spamconf)
 
 	self.mod = &modEngine{
 		spam:     &self.spamFilter,