diff --git a/userspace/falco/application.cpp b/userspace/falco/application.cpp
index 489b9de4..3752ec23 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/application.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/application.cpp
@@ -133,10 +133,10 @@ bool application::run(std::string &errstr, bool &restart)
 		std::bind(&application::init_falco_engine, this),
 		std::bind(&application::list_fields, this),
 		std::bind(&application::list_plugins, this),
+		std::bind(&application::validate_rules_files, this),
 		std::bind(&application::load_rules_files, this),
 		std::bind(&application::print_ignored_events, this),
 		std::bind(&application::print_support, this),
-		std::bind(&application::validate_rules_files, this),
 		std::bind(&application::attach_inotify_signals, this),
 		std::bind(&application::daemonize, this),
 		std::bind(&application::init_outputs, this),