diff --git a/VelocityCore/Persistent/src/de/steamwar/persistent/Subserver.java b/VelocityCore/Persistent/src/de/steamwar/persistent/Subserver.java
index 9853044c..072f1467 100644
--- a/VelocityCore/Persistent/src/de/steamwar/persistent/Subserver.java
+++ b/VelocityCore/Persistent/src/de/steamwar/persistent/Subserver.java
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ public class Subserver {
         this.shutdownCallback = shutdownCallback;
         this.failureCallback = failureCallback == null ? this::fatalError : failureCallback;
         this.checkpoint = processBuilder.command().contains("criu");
+        this.thread = new Thread(this::run, "Subserver " + serverName);
 
         try {
             this.process = processBuilder.start();
@@ -122,7 +123,6 @@ public class Subserver {
 
         register();
 
-        this.thread = new Thread(this::run, "Subserver " + serverName);
         this.thread.start();
     }