diff --git a/wp-blog-header.php b/wp-blog-header.php
index d1c2a1f2b1..fd975cdbc8 100644
--- a/wp-blog-header.php
+++ b/wp-blog-header.php
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <?php
 
-require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/' . 'wp-includes/wp-l10n.php');
-
 if (!file_exists(dirname(__FILE__).'/' . 'wp-config.php'))
-    die(__("There doesn't seem to be a <code>wp-config.php</code> file. I need this before we can get started. Need more help? <a href='http://wordpress.org/docs/faq/#wp-config'>We got it</a>. You can <a href='wp-admin/install-config.php'>create a <code>wp-config.php</code> file through a web interface</a>, but this doesn't work for all server setups. The safest way is to manually create the file."));
+    die("There doesn't seem to be a <code>wp-config.php</code> file. I need this before we can get started. Need more help? <a href='http://wordpress.org/docs/faq/#wp-config'>We got it</a>. You can <a href='wp-admin/install-config.php'>create a <code>wp-config.php</code> file through a web interface</a>, but this doesn't work for all server setups. The safest way is to manually create the file.");
 
 require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/' . '/wp-config.php');
 
+require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/' . 'wp-includes/wp-l10n.php');
+
 // Process PATH_INFO, if set.
 $path_info = array();
 if (! empty($_SERVER['PATH_INFO'])) {