diff --git a/server.c b/server.c
index c50f503d..c92278d6 100644
--- a/server.c
+++ b/server.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: server.c,v 1.124 2009-02-21 17:52:25 nicm Exp $ */
+/* $Id: server.c,v 1.125 2009-03-04 17:33:30 nicm Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007 Nicholas Marriott <nicm@users.sourceforge.net>
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ server_start(const char *path)
 	server_password = NULL;
 	server_activity = time(NULL);
 
+	start_time = time(NULL);
+	socket_path = path;
+
 	if (cfg_file != NULL && load_cfg(cfg_file, &cause) != 0) {
 		log_warnx("%s", cause);
 		exit(1);
@@ -173,8 +176,6 @@ server_start(const char *path)
 	setproctitle("server (%s)", path);
 #endif
 	log_debug("server started, pid %ld", (long) getpid());
-	start_time = time(NULL);
-	socket_path = path;
 	
 	memset(&sa, 0, sizeof sa);
 	sa.sun_family = AF_UNIX;