diff --git a/patch-tracking/patch_tracking/app.py b/patch-tracking/patch_tracking/app.py
index 4ab8efb504101c002216c9ec9fdbbb3e08047af8..82328aca9dde50609565d4077bba6e56bb829e1b 100644
--- a/patch-tracking/patch_tracking/app.py
+++ b/patch-tracking/patch_tracking/app.py
@@ -91,16 +91,16 @@ def check_settings_conf():
 settings_file = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.curdir), "settings.conf")
 try:
     app.config.from_pyfile(settings_file)
+    check_settings_conf()
     app.config["LISTEN"] = app.config["LISTEN"].strip()
     app.config["GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN"] = app.config["GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN"].strip()
     app.config["GITEE_ACCESS_TOKEN"] = app.config["GITEE_ACCESS_TOKEN"].strip()
     app.config["USER"] = app.config["USER"].strip()
     app.config["PASSWORD"] = app.config["PASSWORD"].strip()
 except (SyntaxError, NameError):
-    logger.error('settings.py content format error.')
+    logger.error('settings.conf content format error.')
     sys.exit(1)
 
-check_settings_conf()
 check_token()
 
 app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'sqlite:///db.sqlite?check_same_thread=False&timeout=30'