diff --git a/configuration.c b/configuration.c
index 3f1358414a..3f23b18551 100644
--- a/configuration.c
+++ b/configuration.c
@@ -1661,7 +1661,7 @@ bool config_load_override(void)
    }
 
    //early return in case a library isn't loaded
-   if(!global->system.info.library_name || !strcmp(global->system.info.library_name,"No Core"))
+   if (!global->system.info.library_name || !strcmp(global->system.info.library_name,"No Core"))
    {
       RARCH_LOG("No library loaded, not using overrides.\n");
       return true;
@@ -1723,25 +1723,22 @@ bool config_load_override(void)
    /* Append game-specific */
    if (new_conf)
    {
-      if(should_append)
+      if (should_append)
       {
           strlcat(global->append_config_path, "|", sizeof(global->append_config_path));
           strlcat(global->append_config_path, game_path, sizeof(global->append_config_path));
       }
       else
           strlcpy(global->append_config_path, game_path, sizeof(global->append_config_path));
-      RARCH_LOG("Game-specific configuration found at %s. Appending.\n", game_path);
 
+      RARCH_LOG("Game-specific configuration found at %s. Appending.\n", game_path);
       should_append = true;
    }
    else
       RARCH_LOG("No game-specific configuration found at %s.\n", game_path);
 
-   if(should_append)
-   {
-      if(!config_load_file(global->config_path, false))
-          return false;
-   }
+   if (should_append && !config_load_file(global->config_path, false))
+      return false;
 
    return true;   /* only means no errors were caught */
 }