1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/nix/main.cc b/src/nix/main.cc
index 6d0f6ce6e..dadb54306 100644
--- a/src/nix/main.cc
+++ b/src/nix/main.cc
@@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ void mainWrapped(int argc, char * * argv)
     }
     #endif
 
+    Finally f([] { logger->stop(); });
+
     programPath = argv[0];
     auto programName = std::string(baseNameOf(programPath));
 
@@ -279,8 +281,6 @@ void mainWrapped(int argc, char * * argv)
         verbosity = lvlInfo;
     }
 
-    Finally f([] { logger->stop(); });
-
     NixArgs args;
 
     if (argc == 2 && std::string(argv[1]) == "__dump-args") {