diff --git a/tegakituesday/src/main.rs b/tegakituesday/src/main.rs
index b5fb184..2d134ba 100644
--- a/tegakituesday/src/main.rs
+++ b/tegakituesday/src/main.rs
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ async fn main() {
             tokio::task::spawn(async {
                 let mut interval = time::interval(Duration::from_millis(60 * 60 * 1000)); // every hour
                 loop {
+                    interval.tick().await;
                     if let Err(err) = DATABASE.refresh_users(&HTTP).await {
                         error!("{:?}", err);
                     }
-                    interval.tick().await;
                 }
             });
             rocket().await.expect("Failed to launch rocket");