diff --git a/cmd/cloudflared/main.go b/cmd/cloudflared/main.go
index e9b296fc..c74c2bc2 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudflared/main.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudflared/main.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/terminal"
 
 	"github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/cmd/cloudflared/access"
-	"github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/cmd/cloudflared/config"
 	"github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel"
 	"github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/cmd/cloudflared/updater"
 	"github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/log"
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/getsentry/raven-go"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
 	"gopkg.in/urfave/cli.v2"
-	"gopkg.in/urfave/cli.v2/altsrc"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
@@ -56,7 +54,7 @@ func main() {
 	and configure access control.`
 	app.Flags = flags()
 	app.Action = action(Version, shutdownC, graceShutdownC)
-	app.Before = before(app.Flags)
+	app.Before = tunnel.Before
 	app.Commands = commands()
 
 	tunnel.Init(Version, shutdownC, graceShutdownC) // we need this to support the tunnel sub command...
@@ -105,24 +103,6 @@ func action(version string, shutdownC, graceShutdownC chan struct{}) cli.ActionF
 	}
 }
 
-func before(flags []cli.Flag) cli.BeforeFunc {
-	return func(context *cli.Context) error {
-		inputSource, err := config.FindInputSourceContext(context)
-		if err != nil {
-			logger.WithError(err).Infof("Cannot load configuration from %s", context.String("config"))
-			return err
-		} else if inputSource != nil {
-			err := altsrc.ApplyInputSourceValues(context, inputSource, flags)
-			if err != nil {
-				logger.WithError(err).Infof("Cannot apply configuration from %s", context.String("config"))
-				return err
-			}
-			logger.Infof("Applied configuration from %s", context.String("config"))
-		}
-		return nil
-	}
-}
-
 func userHomeDir() (string, error) {
 	// This returns the home dir of the executing user using OS-specific method
 	// for discovering the home dir. It's not recommended to call this function
diff --git a/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/cmd.go b/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/cmd.go
index 63b88aba..02e5ada8 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/cmd.go
@@ -121,25 +121,8 @@ func Commands() []*cli.Command {
 				}
 				return err
 			},
-			Before: func(c *cli.Context) error {
-				if c.String("config") == "" {
-					logger.Warnf("Cannot determine default configuration path. No file %v in %v", config.DefaultConfigFiles, config.DefaultConfigDirs)
-				}
-				inputSource, err := config.FindInputSourceContext(c)
-				if err != nil {
-					logger.WithError(err).Infof("Cannot load configuration from %s", c.String("config"))
-					return err
-				} else if inputSource != nil {
-					err := altsrc.ApplyInputSourceValues(c, inputSource, c.App.Flags)
-					if err != nil {
-						logger.WithError(err).Infof("Cannot apply configuration from %s", c.String("config"))
-						return err
-					}
-					logger.Infof("Applied configuration from %s", c.String("config"))
-				}
-				return nil
-			},
-			Usage: "SQL Gateway is an SQL over HTTP reverse proxy",
+			Before: Before,
+			Usage:  "SQL Gateway is an SQL over HTTP reverse proxy",
 			Flags: []cli.Flag{
 				&cli.BoolFlag{
 					Name:  "db",
@@ -166,6 +149,7 @@ func Commands() []*cli.Command {
 	cmds = append(cmds, &cli.Command{
 		Name:      "tunnel",
 		Action:    tunnel,
+		Before:    Before,
 		Category:  "Tunnel",
 		Usage:     "Make a locally-running web service accessible over the internet using Argo Tunnel.",
 		ArgsUsage: "[origin-url]",
@@ -338,6 +322,25 @@ func StartServer(c *cli.Context, version string, shutdownC, graceShutdownC chan
 	return waitToShutdown(&wg, errC, shutdownC, graceShutdownC, c.Duration("grace-period"))
 }
 
+func Before(c *cli.Context) error {
+	if c.String("config") == "" {
+		logger.Warnf("Cannot determine default configuration path. No file %v in %v", config.DefaultConfigFiles, config.DefaultConfigDirs)
+	}
+	inputSource, err := config.FindInputSourceContext(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.WithError(err).Infof("Cannot load configuration from %s", c.String("config"))
+		return err
+	} else if inputSource != nil {
+		err := altsrc.ApplyInputSourceValues(c, inputSource, c.App.Flags)
+		if err != nil {
+			logger.WithError(err).Infof("Cannot apply configuration from %s", c.String("config"))
+			return err
+		}
+		logger.Infof("Applied configuration from %s", c.String("config"))
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func waitToShutdown(wg *sync.WaitGroup,
 	errC chan error,
 	shutdownC, graceShutdownC chan struct{},