diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/util/ServiceOutageObserver.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/util/ServiceOutageObserver.kt
index 1bd4f4440b..dfe93b5937 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/util/ServiceOutageObserver.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/util/ServiceOutageObserver.kt
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ class ServiceOutageObserver(private val context: Context) : DefaultLifecycleObse
 
   private suspend fun queryAvailability(): Result = withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
     try {
-      val address = InetAddress.getByName(BuildConfig.SIGNAL_SERVICE_STATUS_URL)
-
       val now = System.currentTimeMillis()
       TextSecurePreferences.setLastOutageCheckTime(context, now)
 
+      val address = InetAddress.getByName(BuildConfig.SIGNAL_SERVICE_STATUS_URL)
+
       if (ServiceOutageDetectionJob.IP_SUCCESS == address.hostAddress) {
         Result.SUCCESS
       } else if (ServiceOutageDetectionJob.IP_FAILURE == address.hostAddress) {