diff --git a/script/dev-cluster.sh b/script/dev-cluster.sh
index 9ac7ff34..d76c98a4 100755
--- a/script/dev-cluster.sh
+++ b/script/dev-cluster.sh
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ EOF
 
 echo -en "$LABEL configuration written to $CONF_PATH\n"
 
+(garage -c /tmp/config.$count.toml server 2>&1|while read r; do echo -en "$LABEL $r\n"; done) &
+done
+# >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> END FOR LOOP ON NODES
+
 if [ -z "$SKIP_HTTPS" ]; then
   echo -en "$LABEL Starting dummy HTTPS reverse proxy\n"
   mkdir -p /tmp/garagessl
@@ -62,10 +66,6 @@ if [ -z "$SKIP_HTTPS" ]; then
   socat openssl-listen:4443,reuseaddr,fork,cert=/tmp/garagessl/test.pem,verify=0 tcp4-connect:localhost:3911 &
 fi
 
-(garage -c /tmp/config.$count.toml server 2>&1|while read r; do echo -en "$LABEL $r\n"; done) &
-done
-# >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> END FOR LOOP ON NODES
-
 sleep 3
 # Establish connections between nodes
 for count in $(seq 1 3); do