diff -ur shorewall-5.2.0.4.orig/shorewall-5.2.0.4/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm shorewall-5.2.0.4/shorewall-5.2.0.4/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
--- shorewall-5.2.0.4.orig/shorewall-5.2.0.4/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm	2018-05-18 18:46:49.000000000 +0000
+++ shorewall-5.2.0.4/shorewall-5.2.0.4/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm	2018-06-20 12:32:04.348554961 +0000
@@ -6250,10 +6250,10 @@
 	$have_capabilities = 1;
     }
 
-    get_params( $export );
-
     process_shorewall_conf( $update, $annotate );
 
+    get_params( $export );
+
     ensure_config_path;
 
     @INC = @originalinc;