diff --git a/misc/build.func b/misc/build.func
index dc8accfc..01951349 100644
--- a/misc/build.func
+++ b/misc/build.func
@@ -823,23 +823,23 @@ config_file(){
     elif
       [[ "$NET" =~ $ip_cidr_regex ]]; then
       echo -e "${NETWORK}${BOLD}${DGN}IP Address: ${BGN}$NET${CL}"
-      if [ ! -z "$GATE" ]; then
-        if [[ "$GATE" =~ $ip_regex ]]; then
-          echo -e "${GATEWAY}${BOLD}${DGN}Gateway IP Address: ${BGN}$GATE${CL}"
-           GATE=",gw=$GATE"
-        else
-          msg_error "Invalid IP Address format for Gateway. Needs to be 0.0.0.0, was ${GATE}"
-          exit
-        fi
-      else
-        msg_error "Gateway IP Address cannot be empty"
-        exit
-      fi
     else
       msg_error "Invalid IP Address format. Needs to be 0.0.0.0/0, was ${NET}"
       exit
     fi
   fi
+  if [ ! -z "$GATE" ]; then
+    if [[ "$GATE" =~ $ip_regex ]]; then
+      echo -e "${GATEWAY}${BOLD}${DGN}Gateway IP Address: ${BGN}$GATE${CL}"
+        GATE=",gw=$GATE"
+    else
+      msg_error "Invalid IP Address format for Gateway. Needs to be 0.0.0.0, was ${GATE}"
+      exit
+    fi
+  else
+    msg_error "Gateway IP Address cannot be empty"
+    exit
+  fi
   
 
   if [[ ! -z "$APT_CACHER_IP" ]]; then