@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ panic("parsing runtime configuration" + err.Error())
 	}
 	log.Configure(!runtimeConfig.Development)
 
+	tmpdir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "website")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("could not create temporary directory", "error", err)
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpdir)
+	runtimeConfig.Root = tmpdir
+
 	sv, err := server.New(&runtimeConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error("could not create server", "error", err)

@@ -103,13 +103,6 @@ if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		runtimeConfig.Root = "website"
-	} else {
-		tmpdir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "website")
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		defer os.RemoveAll(tmpdir)
-		runtimeConfig.Root = tmpdir
 	}
 
 	config, err := cfg.GetConfig()