diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 9557e76..2bcaf23 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ var (
 
 func main() {
 	initArgparser()
-	initSystem()
 
 	logger.Infof("starting azure-janitor v%s (%s; %s; by %v)", gitTag, gitCommit, runtime.Version(), Author)
 	logger.Info(string(Opts.GetJson()))
+	initSystem()
 
 	logger.Infof("init Azure connection")
 	initAzureConnection()