diff --git a/examples/client_test.cpp b/examples/client_test.cpp
index b7fd097e0..fd0ea32e9 100644
--- a/examples/client_test.cpp
+++ b/examples/client_test.cpp
@@ -1062,6 +1062,18 @@ MAGNETURL is a magnet link
 	settings.set_int(settings_pack::cache_size, cache_size);
 	settings.set_int(settings_pack::choking_algorithm, settings_pack::rate_based_choker);
 
+	settings.set_str(settings_pack::user_agent, "client_test/" LIBTORRENT_VERSION);
+	settings.set_int(settings_pack::alert_mask, alert::all_categories
+		& ~(alert::dht_notification
+		| alert::progress_notification
+		| alert::stats_notification
+		| alert::session_log_notification
+		| alert::torrent_log_notification
+		| alert::peer_log_notification
+		| alert::dht_log_notification
+		| alert::picker_log_notification
+		));
+
 	lt::time_duration refresh_delay = lt::milliseconds(500);
 	bool rate_limit_locals = false;
 
@@ -1204,18 +1216,6 @@ MAGNETURL is a magnet link
 			, errno, strerror(errno));
 	}
 
-	settings.set_str(settings_pack::user_agent, "client_test/" LIBTORRENT_VERSION);
-	settings.set_int(settings_pack::alert_mask, alert::all_categories
-		& ~(alert::dht_notification
-		| alert::progress_notification
-		| alert::stats_notification
-		| alert::session_log_notification
-		| alert::torrent_log_notification
-		| alert::peer_log_notification
-		| alert::dht_log_notification
-		| alert::picker_log_notification
-		));
-
 	lt::session ses(std::move(params));
 
 	if (rate_limit_locals)