diff --git a/wled00/cfg.cpp b/wled00/cfg.cpp
index f615f9669..77724b1b6 100644
--- a/wled00/cfg.cpp
+++ b/wled00/cfg.cpp
@@ -540,8 +540,8 @@ void deserializeConfigFromFS() {
   if (!success) { //if file does not exist, try reading from EEPROM
     #ifdef WLED_ADD_EEPROM_SUPPORT
     deEEPSettings();
-    #endif
     return;
+    #endif
   }
 
   if (!requestJSONBufferLock(1)) return;