diff --git a/scripts/lib/install b/scripts/lib/install
index 24dde24965..d87f1aa7fd 100755
--- a/scripts/lib/install
+++ b/scripts/lib/install
@@ -355,6 +355,10 @@ EOF
         crudini --set /etc/zulip/zulip.conf certbot auto_renew yes
     fi
 
+    if [ -n "$POSTGRES_MISSING_DICTIONARIES" ]; then
+        crudini --set /etc/zulip/zulip.conf postgresql missing_dictionaries true
+    fi
+
     "$ZULIP_PATH"/scripts/zulip-puppet-apply --force --noop \
                  --write-catalog-summary \
                  --classfile=/var/lib/puppet/classes.txt \
@@ -428,10 +432,6 @@ if [ "$DEPLOYMENT_TYPE" = "dockervoyager" ]; then
     has_postgres=1
 fi
 
-if [ -n "$POSTGRES_MISSING_DICTIONARIES" ]; then
-    crudini --set /etc/zulip/zulip.conf postgresql missing_dictionaries true
-fi
-
 # These server restarting bits should be moveable into puppet-land, ideally
 if [ "$package_system" = apt ]; then
     apt-get -y upgrade