diff --git a/src/server/main.c b/src/server/main.c
index 4456883a..230f28cb 100644
--- a/src/server/main.c
+++ b/src/server/main.c
@@ -277,8 +277,6 @@ init_server(void)
     }
 
     loginit("server");
-    logerror("------------------------------------------------------");
-    logerror("Empire server (pid %d) started", (int)getpid());
 }
 
 /*
@@ -289,6 +287,9 @@ start_server(int flags)
 {
     struct sigaction act;
 
+    logerror("------------------------------------------------------");
+    logerror("Empire server (pid %d) started", (int)getpid());
+
 #if !defined(_WIN32)
     /* signal() should not be used with mit pthreads. Anyway if u
        have a posix threads u definitly have posix signals -- Sasha */