diff --git a/reviewboard/settings.py b/reviewboard/settings.py
index e304500e46ccd3321902c7b44e59429aab1bd980..2542475ee66f1af9ace5475f4f256a39b699cf62 100644
--- a/reviewboard/settings.py
+++ b/reviewboard/settings.py
@@ -194,6 +194,12 @@ if os.path.split(os.path.dirname(__file__))[1] != 'reviewboard':
 LOCAL_ROOT = None
 PRODUCTION = True

+# Cookie settings
+LANGUAGE_COOKIE_NAME = "rblanguage"
+SESSION_COOKIE_NAME = "rbsessionid"
+SESSION_COOKIE_AGE = 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 # 1 year
+SESSION_COOKIE_PATH = SITE_ROOT
+
 # Load local settings.  This can override anything in here, but at the very
 # least it needs to define database connectivity.
 try:
@@ -238,12 +244,6 @@ MEDIA_URL = getattr(settings_local, 'MEDIA_URL', SITE_ROOT + 'media/')
 # Base these on the user's SITE_ROOT.
 LOGIN_URL = SITE_ROOT + 'account/login/'

-# Cookie settings
-LANGUAGE_COOKIE_NAME = "rblanguage"
-SESSION_COOKIE_NAME = "rbsessionid"
-SESSION_COOKIE_AGE = 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 # 1 year
-SESSION_COOKIE_PATH = SITE_ROOT
-
 # Media compression
 PIPELINE_JS = {
     '3rdparty': {