diff --git a/freqtrade/configuration/configuration.py b/freqtrade/configuration/configuration.py
index 035b091b3..6a0441957 100644
--- a/freqtrade/configuration/configuration.py
+++ b/freqtrade/configuration/configuration.py
@@ -167,10 +167,6 @@ class Configuration:
         if 'sd_notify' in self.args and self.args["sd_notify"]:
             config['internals'].update({'sd_notify': True})
 
-        self._args_to_config(config, argname='dry_run',
-                             logstring='Parameter --dry-run detected, '
-                             'overriding dry_run to: {} ...')
-
     def _process_datadir_options(self, config: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
         """
         Extract information for sys.argv and load directory configurations
@@ -376,6 +372,10 @@ class Configuration:
 
     def _process_runmode(self, config: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
 
+        self._args_to_config(config, argname='dry_run',
+                             logstring='Parameter --dry-run detected, '
+                             'overriding dry_run to: {} ...')
+
         if not self.runmode:
             # Handle real mode, infer dry/live from config
             self.runmode = RunMode.DRY_RUN if config.get('dry_run', True) else RunMode.LIVE