fix loading of fence config

fence/__init__.py

@@ -20,12 +20,6 @@
 # Load the configuration *before* importing modules that rely on it
 from fence.config import config, get_SQLAlchemyDriver
 from fence.settings import CONFIG_SEARCH_FOLDERS
-
-config.load(
-    config_path=os.environ.get("FENCE_CONFIG_PATH"),
-    search_folders=CONFIG_SEARCH_FOLDERS,
-)
-
 from fence.auth import logout, build_redirect_url
 from fence.metrics import metrics
 from fence.blueprints.data.indexd import S3IndexedFileLocation

fence/config.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 from fence.errors import NotFound
 from fence.utils import log_backoff_retry, log_backoff_giveup, exception_do_not_retry, logger
+from fence.settings import CONFIG_SEARCH_FOLDERS
 
 logger = get_logger(__name__)
 
@@ -173,6 +174,10 @@ def _validate_parent_child_studies(dbgap_configs):
 
 
 config = FenceConfig(DEFAULT_CFG_PATH)
+config.load(
+    config_path=os.environ.get("FENCE_CONFIG_PATH"),
+    search_folders=CONFIG_SEARCH_FOLDERS,
+)
 
 # Default settings to control usage of backoff library.
 DEFAULT_BACKOFF_SETTINGS = {