diff --git a/Mage.Server/src/main/java/mage/server/Main.java b/Mage.Server/src/main/java/mage/server/Main.java
index a559c287f5..dfe64ab26a 100644
--- a/Mage.Server/src/main/java/mage/server/Main.java
+++ b/Mage.Server/src/main/java/mage/server/Main.java
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ public final class Main {
         logger.info("Logging level: " + logger.getEffectiveLevel());
         logger.info("Default charset: " + Charset.defaultCharset());
         String adminPassword = "";
+
+        // enable test mode by default for developer build (if you run it from source code)
+        testMode |= version.isDeveloperBuild();
+
         for (String arg : args) {
             if (arg.startsWith(testModeArg)) {
                 testMode = Boolean.parseBoolean(arg.replace(testModeArg, ""));
@@ -98,9 +102,6 @@ public final class Main {
             }
         }
 
-        // enable test mode by default for developer build (if you run it from source code)
-        testMode |= version.isDeveloperBuild();
-
         final String configPath = Optional.ofNullable(System.getProperty(configPathProp))
                 .orElse(defaultConfigPath);