diff --git a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/RedisQues.java b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/RedisQues.java
index 86e4948..d4e25c2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/RedisQues.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/RedisQues.java
@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ private enum QueueState {
     private final Semaphore redisMonitoringReqLimit;
 
     public RedisQues() {
-        log.warn("Fallback to legacy behavior and allow up to {} simultaneous requests to redis", Integer.MAX_VALUE);
         this.exceptionFactory = newThriftyExceptionFactory();
+        log.warn("Fallback to legacy behavior and allow up to {} simultaneous requests to redis", Integer.MAX_VALUE);
         this.redisMonitoringReqLimit = new Semaphore(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
     }