diff --git a/services/presence/sugar-presence-service b/services/presence/sugar-presence-service
index fc42e313..143d04ae 100755
--- a/services/presence/sugar-presence-service
+++ b/services/presence/sugar-presence-service
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ from sugar import env
 
 sys.path.insert(0, env.get_services_dir())
 
-from presence import PresenceService
-
 logger.start('presenceservice')
 
+from presence import PresenceService
+
 logging.info('Starting presence service')
 
 PresenceService.main()