diff --git a/stub.c b/stub.c
index 46e29ec..5ecdbbd 100644
--- a/stub.c
+++ b/stub.c
@@ -22,12 +22,17 @@ int emacs_module_init(struct emacs_runtime *runtime) {
 	dlopen("#LIBPYTHON_NAME", RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_GLOBAL);
 
 	PyConfig config;
+	PyStatus status;
+
 	PyConfig_InitPythonConfig(&config);
-	Py_InitializeFromConfig(&config);
-	PyStatus status = PyConfig_SetString(&config, &config.home, L"#BASE_PREFIX");
+	status = PyConfig_SetString(&config, &config.home, L"#BASE_PREFIX");
 	if (PyStatus_Exception(status)) {
 		return 3;
 	}
+	status = Py_InitializeFromConfig(&config);
+	if (PyStatus_Exception(status)) {
+		return 4;
+	}
 
 	init_interpreter_list();
 	PyInit_emacspy();