diff --git a/src/util-running-modes.c b/src/util-running-modes.c
index 07aeffef5f..8ad5a1eea8 100644
--- a/src/util-running-modes.c
+++ b/src/util-running-modes.c
@@ -27,9 +27,13 @@
 #include "app-layer-parser.h"
 #include "util-cuda.h"
 #include "util-unittest.h"
+#include "util-debug.h"
+#include "conf-yaml-loader.h"
 
 int ListKeywords(const char *keyword_info)
 {
+    if (ConfYamlLoadFile(DEFAULT_CONF_FILE) != -1)
+        SCLogLoadConfig(0, 0);
     MpmTableSetup();
     AppLayerSetup();
     SigTableSetup(); /* load the rule keywords */
@@ -39,6 +43,8 @@ int ListKeywords(const char *keyword_info)
 
 int ListAppLayerProtocols()
 {
+    if (ConfYamlLoadFile(DEFAULT_CONF_FILE) != -1)
+        SCLogLoadConfig(0, 0);
     MpmTableSetup();
     AppLayerSetup();
     AppLayerListSupportedProtocols();