diff --git a/nb-engine/nb-engine-cli/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/cli/NBCLI.java b/nb-engine/nb-engine-cli/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/cli/NBCLI.java
index a809765c4..44c1bad2f 100644
--- a/nb-engine/nb-engine-cli/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/cli/NBCLI.java
+++ b/nb-engine/nb-engine-cli/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/cli/NBCLI.java
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ public class NBCLI implements Function<String[], Integer>, NBLabeledElement {
     private static final String version;
 
     static {
-        version = new VersionInfo().getVersion();
         loggerConfig = new NBLoggerConfig();
         ConfigurationFactory.setConfigurationFactory(NBCLI.loggerConfig);
+        version = new VersionInfo().getVersion();
     }
 
     private final String commandName;