diff --git a/services/postprocessing/pkg/config/parser/parse.go b/services/postprocessing/pkg/config/parser/parse.go
index 03441f941..8dce4f462 100644
--- a/services/postprocessing/pkg/config/parser/parse.go
+++ b/services/postprocessing/pkg/config/parser/parse.go
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ package parser
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/cs3org/reva/v2/pkg/events"
 	ociscfg "github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/config"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/postprocessing/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/postprocessing/pkg/config/defaults"
@@ -32,6 +35,33 @@ func ParseConfig(cfg *config.Config) error {
 	return Validate(cfg)
 }
 
+// Validate validates the config
 func Validate(cfg *config.Config) error {
+	if cfg.Postprocessing.Virusscan {
+		if !contains(cfg.Postprocessing.Steps, events.PPStepAntivirus) {
+			cfg.Postprocessing.Steps = append(cfg.Postprocessing.Steps, string(events.PPStepAntivirus))
+			fmt.Printf("ATTENTION: POSTPROCESSING_VIRUSSCAN is deprecated. Use `POSTPROCESSING_STEPS=%v` in the future\n", strings.Join(cfg.Postprocessing.Steps, ","))
+		}
+	}
+
+	if cfg.Postprocessing.Delayprocessing != 0 {
+		if !contains(cfg.Postprocessing.Steps, events.PPStepDelay) {
+			if len(cfg.Postprocessing.Steps) > 0 {
+				s := strings.Join(append(cfg.Postprocessing.Steps, string(events.PPStepDelay)), ",")
+				fmt.Printf("Added delay step to the list of postprocessing steps. NOTE: Use envvar `POSTPROCESSING_STEPS=%s` to suppress this message and choose the order of postprocessing steps.\n", s)
+			}
+
+			cfg.Postprocessing.Steps = append(cfg.Postprocessing.Steps, string(events.PPStepDelay))
+		}
+	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func contains(all []string, candidate events.Postprocessingstep) bool {
+	for _, s := range all {
+		if s == string(candidate) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/services/postprocessing/pkg/service/service.go b/services/postprocessing/pkg/service/service.go
index 6da6309c1..7100a6422 100644
--- a/services/postprocessing/pkg/service/service.go
+++ b/services/postprocessing/pkg/service/service.go
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 package service
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-	"strings"
-
 	"github.com/cs3org/reva/v2/pkg/events"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/log"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/postprocessing/pkg/config"
@@ -88,39 +85,5 @@ func getSteps(c config.Postprocessing) []events.Postprocessingstep {
 		steps = append(steps, events.Postprocessingstep(s))
 	}
 
-	if c.Virusscan {
-		if !contains(steps, events.PPStepAntivirus) {
-			steps = append(steps, events.PPStepAntivirus)
-			fmt.Printf("ATTENTION: POSTPROCESSING_VIRUSSCAN is deprecated. Use `POSTPROCESSING_STEPS=%v` in the future\n", join(steps))
-		}
-	}
-
-	if c.Delayprocessing != 0 {
-		if !contains(steps, events.PPStepDelay) {
-			if len(steps) > 0 {
-				fmt.Printf("Added delay step to the list of postprocessing steps. NOTE: Use envvar `POSTPROCESSING_STEPS=%v` to suppress this message and choose the order of postprocessing steps.\n", join(append(steps, events.PPStepDelay)))
-			}
-
-			steps = append(steps, events.PPStepDelay)
-		}
-	}
-
 	return steps
 }
-
-func contains(all []events.Postprocessingstep, candidate events.Postprocessingstep) bool {
-	for _, s := range all {
-		if s == candidate {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
-func join(all []events.Postprocessingstep) string {
-	var slice []string
-	for _, s := range all {
-		slice = append(slice, string(s))
-	}
-	return strings.Join(slice, ",")
-}