diff --git a/src/node/server.js b/src/node/server.js
index 489cae74..19df6e72 100644
--- a/src/node/server.js
+++ b/src/node/server.js
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ async.waterfall([
   {
     //create server
     var app = express.createServer();
-    hooks.callAll("expressCreateServer", {"app": app});
 
     app.use(function (req, res, next) {
       res.header("Server", serverName);
@@ -87,6 +86,8 @@ async.waterfall([
     
     app.configure(function() { hooks.callAll("expressConfigure", {"app": app}); });
     
+    hooks.callAll("expressCreateServer", {"app": app});
+    
     //let the server listen
     app.listen(settings.port, settings.ip);
     console.log("Server is listening at " + settings.ip + ":" + settings.port);