diff --git a/dev/src/dev.clj b/dev/src/dev.clj
index 7538aa5c8f53474ad0be2b1ad33db282c6a33b72..e62d5dcb543ba0108f65e23ad69bab07be2c6559 100644
--- a/dev/src/dev.clj
+++ b/dev/src/dev.clj
@@ -87,11 +87,11 @@
 (defn start!
   []
   (server/start-web-server! #'handler/app)
+  (when-not @initialized?
+    (init!))
   (when config/is-dev?
     (prune-deleted-inmem-databases!)
-    (with-out-str (malli-dev/start!)))
-  (when-not @initialized?
-    (init!)))
+    (with-out-str (malli-dev/start!))))
 
 (defn stop!
   []