diff --git a/exe/Wrapper.hs b/exe/Wrapper.hs
index 4d262f4b44..61dc26cd99 100644
--- a/exe/Wrapper.hs
+++ b/exe/Wrapper.hs
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ main = do
 
 launchHaskellLanguageServer :: LspArguments -> IO ()
 launchHaskellLanguageServer LspArguments{..} = do
+  whenJust argsCwd setCurrentDirectory
+
   d <- getCurrentDirectory
 
   -- Get the cabal directory from the cradle
@@ -55,8 +57,6 @@ launchHaskellLanguageServer LspArguments{..} = do
 
   when argsProjectGhcVersion $ getRuntimeGhcVersion' cradle >>= putStrLn >> exitSuccess
 
-  whenJust argsCwd setCurrentDirectory
-
   progName <- getProgName
   hPutStrLn stderr $ "Run entered for haskell-language-server-wrapper(" ++ progName ++ ") "
                      ++ hlsVersion