diff --git a/stack.sh b/stack.sh
index c20e61031d..e795f375b8 100755
--- a/stack.sh
+++ b/stack.sh
@@ -325,9 +325,6 @@ SYSLOG_PORT=${SYSLOG_PORT:-516}
 # Use color for logging output (only available if syslog is not used)
 LOG_COLOR=`trueorfalse True $LOG_COLOR`
 
-# Service startup timeout
-SERVICE_TIMEOUT=${SERVICE_TIMEOUT:-60}
-
 # Reset the bundle of CA certificates
 SSL_BUNDLE_FILE="$DATA_DIR/ca-bundle.pem"
 rm -f $SSL_BUNDLE_FILE
diff --git a/stackrc b/stackrc
index 936eb9c293..ac6efdd2cf 100644
--- a/stackrc
+++ b/stackrc
@@ -516,6 +516,11 @@ SERVICE_PROTOCOL=${SERVICE_PROTOCOL:-http}
 # (the default number of workers for many services is the number of CPUs)
 # API_WORKERS=4
 
+# Service startup timeout
+SERVICE_TIMEOUT=${SERVICE_TIMEOUT:-60}
+
+# Following entries need to be last items in file
+
 # Local variables:
 # mode: shell-script
 # End: