diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index 7ae34e2f51..60d5cf20f3 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -1443,17 +1443,9 @@ Application::Application(int& argc, char** argv, QElapsedTimer& startupTimer, bo
     // add firstRun flag from settings to launch event
     Setting::Handle<bool> firstRun { Settings::firstRun, true };
 
-    // once the settings have been loaded, check if we need to flip the default for UserActivityLogger
-    auto& userActivityLogger = UserActivityLogger::getInstance();
-    if (!userActivityLogger.isDisabledSettingSet()) {
-        // the user activity logger is opt-out for Interface
-        // but it's defaulted to disabled for other targets
-        // so we need to enable it here if it has never been disabled by the user
-        userActivityLogger.disable(false);
-    }
-
     QString machineFingerPrint = uuidStringWithoutCurlyBraces(FingerprintUtils::getMachineFingerprint());
 
+    auto& userActivityLogger = UserActivityLogger::getInstance();
     if (userActivityLogger.isEnabled()) {
         // sessionRunTime will be reset soon by loadSettings. Grab it now to get previous session value.
         // The value will be 0 if the user blew away settings this session, which is both a feature and a bug.
diff --git a/interface/src/main.cpp b/interface/src/main.cpp
index 22db128f7e..cd8c052d63 100644
--- a/interface/src/main.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/main.cpp
@@ -81,6 +81,13 @@ int main(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
 
     // Instance UserActivityLogger now that the settings are loaded
     auto& ual = UserActivityLogger::getInstance();
+    // once the settings have been loaded, check if we need to flip the default for UserActivityLogger
+    if (!ual.isDisabledSettingSet()) {
+        // the user activity logger is opt-out for Interface
+        // but it's defaulted to disabled for other targets
+        // so we need to enable it here if it has never been disabled by the user
+        ual.disable(false);
+    }
     qDebug() << "UserActivityLogger is enabled:" << ual.isEnabled();
 
     if (ual.isEnabled()) {