diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 463d6c7f2..1497dc66e 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -630,14 +630,14 @@ static void ZC_LoadParams()
  */
 bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
 {
-    // ********************************************************* Step 0: Load zcash params
-    ZC_LoadParams();
-
     // Perform libsodium initialization
     if (sodium_init() == -1) {
         return false;
     }
 
+    // ********************************************************* Step 0: Load zcash params
+    ZC_LoadParams();
+
     // ********************************************************* Step 1: setup
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
     // Turn off Microsoft heap dump noise