--- a/util/startup.lua	Thu Mar 29 20:51:16 2018 +0200
+++ b/util/startup.lua	Thu Apr 05 17:41:00 2018 +0200
@@ -521,10 +521,10 @@
 	startup.sandbox_require();
 	startup.set_function_metatable();
 	startup.check_dependencies();
+	startup.init_logging();
 	startup.load_libraries();
 	startup.setup_plugindir();
 	startup.setup_datadir();
-	startup.init_logging();
 	startup.chdir();
 	startup.add_global_prosody_functions();
 	startup.read_version();