diff --git a/openerp/tools/config.py b/openerp/tools/config.py
index 94dfc8ea3cd..6d4259ffd11 100644
--- a/openerp/tools/config.py
+++ b/openerp/tools/config.py
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ class configmanager(object):
         # if defined but None take the configfile value
         keys = [
             'language', 'translate_out', 'translate_in', 'overwrite_existing_translations',
-            'dev_mode', 'debug_mode', 'smtp_ssl', 'load_language',
+            'debug_mode', 'dev_mode', 'smtp_ssl', 'load_language',
             'stop_after_init', 'logrotate', 'without_demo', 'xmlrpc', 'syslog',
             'list_db', 'xmlrpcs', 'proxy_mode',
             'test_file', 'test_enable', 'test_commit', 'test_report_directory',