diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
index e65e0712d..864f7fa2b 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
@@ -950,6 +950,7 @@ sub fatal_error	{
     }
 
     cleanup;
+
     if ( $embedded ) {
 	confess "@_$currentlineinfo" if $confess;
 	die "@_$currentlineinfo\n";