diff --git a/config b/config
index dad3cae..a81f3ee 100644
--- a/config
+++ b/config
@@ -2,29 +2,35 @@
 # Config #
 ##########
 
-user=""															# OTR email address
-pass=""															# OTR password
+function funcConfigPre {	# These values are set at the beginning of the script
+	user=""															# OTR email address
+	pass=""															# OTR password
 
-delugeDir="/etc/deluged"										# Config dir of DelugeD
-inDir="/Multimedia/Video/.Downloaded"							# Dir with .otrkeys
-uncutDir="/Multimedia/Video/.Uncut"								# Dir with uncut videos (output of decoder)
-cutDir="/Multimedia/Video/.Uncut"								# Dir with cut videos (output of cutter)
-outDir="/Multimedia/Video/"										# Final dir with videos
+	delugeDir="/etc/deluged"										# Config dir of DelugeD
+	inDir="/Multimedia/Video/.Downloaded"							# Dir with .otrkeys
+	uncutDir="/Multimedia/Video/.Uncut"								# Dir with uncut videos (output of decoder)
+	cutDir="/Multimedia/Video/.Uncut"								# Dir with cut videos (output of cutter)
+	outDir="/Multimedia/Video/"										# Final dir with videos
 
-torrentDb="/home/deluged/torrents.db"							# File with file names and labels (see at github: OTR-TorrentDb)
+	torrentDb="/home/deluged/torrents.db"							# File with file names and labels (see at github: OTR-TorrentDb)
 
-cmdDecode="/usr/bin/otrtool"									# path to otrkey decoder
-cmdDecodeArgs="-x -e $user -p $pass -D $uncutDir"				# for peropeters otrdecoder
-#cmdDecode="/home/pi/otr/otr/bin/qemu-x86_64 -L /home/pi/otr/otr /home/pi/otr/otr/bin64/otrdecoder-64 "
-#cmdDecodeArgs="-e $user -p $pass -o "$uncutDir" -i"			# for original otrdecoder
-cmdCut="/home/deluged/multicutmkv.sh"							# path to multicut
-cmdCutArgs=
-cmdSaneRenamix="/home/deluged/saneRenamix.sh"					# path to saneRenamix
-cmdSaneRenamixArgs="-s -f"
-
-logFile="/home/deluged/otrDecodeAll.log"						# path to the log file
-# log levels:	0=off; 1=error; 2=warn; 3=info; 4 debug; 5 verbose debug
-logLevel=2														#level, which messages shall be written into the log.
-echoLevel=5														#level, which messages shall be written to stdout.
+	logFile="/home/deluged/otrDecodeAll.log"						# path to the log file
+	# log levels:	0=off; 1=error; 2=warn; 3=info; 4 debug; 5 verbose debug
+	logLevel=2														#level, which messages shall be written into the log.
+	echoLevel=5														#level, which messages shall be written to stdout.
+}
 
 
+# These values are set after the command line arguments were parsed.
+# This way they can't be overridden, but can use the final config variables
+function funcConfigPost {
+	cmdDecode="/usr/bin/otrtool"									# path to otrkey decoder
+	cmdDecodeArgs="-x -e $user -p $pass -D $uncutDir"				# for peropeters otrdecoder
+	#cmdDecode="/home/pi/otr/otr/bin/qemu-x86_64 -L /home/pi/otr/otr /home/pi/otr/otr/bin64/otrdecoder-64 "
+	#cmdDecodeArgs="-e $user -p $pass -o "$uncutDir" -i"			# for original otrdecoder
+	cmdCut="/home/deluged/multicutmkv.sh"							# path to multicut
+	cmdCutArgs=
+	cmdSaneRenamix="/home/deluged/saneRenamix.sh"					# path to saneRenamix
+	cmdSaneRenamixArgs="-s -f"
+
+}
diff --git a/otrDecodeAll b/otrDecodeAll
index 1f29516..e22f1bd 100755
--- a/otrDecodeAll
+++ b/otrDecodeAll
@@ -32,16 +32,19 @@ function funcLog {
 	fi
 }
 
-function funcPerformChecks {
-	local exet;
-	exet=0
-
+function funcGetConfig {
 	if [ ! -r "$PwD/config" ]; then
 		funcLog 1 "$PwD/config does not exist"
 		exit 1
 	else
 		. "$PwD/config"
+		funcConfigPre
 	fi
+}
+
+function funcPerformChecks {
+	local exet;
+	exet=0
 
 	if ! type "$cmdDecode" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
 		funcLog 1 "Please install otrtool"
@@ -103,6 +106,7 @@ function funcParam {
 				echo "No argument value for option $OPTARG";;
 		esac
 	done
+	funcConfigPost
 }
 
 # Print some help text and explain parameters
@@ -351,8 +355,9 @@ function funcMove {
 	success=1
 }
 
-funcPerformChecks
+funcGetConfig
 funcParam "$@"
+funcPerformChecks
 funcLock
 funcProcessFiles
 funcUnlock