diff --git a/lib/Cake/Core/Configure.php b/lib/Cake/Core/Configure.php
index dc7b68c72..8da62466a 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Core/Configure.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Core/Configure.php
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ class Configure {
 			App::$bootstrapping = false;
 			App::init();
 			App::build();
-			if (!include APP . 'Config' . DS . 'bootstrap.php') {
-				trigger_error(__d('cake_dev', "Can't find application bootstrap file. Please create %sbootstrap.php, and make sure it is readable by PHP.", APP . 'Config' . DS), E_USER_ERROR);
-			}
 			$level = -1;
 			if (isset(self::$_values['Error']['level'])) {
 				error_reporting(self::$_values['Error']['level']);
@@ -89,6 +86,9 @@ class Configure {
 			if (!empty(self::$_values['Exception']['handler'])) {
 				set_exception_handler(self::$_values['Exception']['handler']);
 			}
+			if (!include APP . 'Config' . DS . 'bootstrap.php') {
+				trigger_error(__d('cake_dev', "Can't find application bootstrap file. Please create %sbootstrap.php, and make sure it is readable by PHP.", APP . 'Config' . DS), E_USER_ERROR);
+			}
 		}
 	}