diff --git a/smmapdfw/libsmmapdfw/htcachetest.c b/smmapdfw/libsmmapdfw/htcachetest.c
index 5c558a1..8beb825 100644
--- a/smmapdfw/libsmmapdfw/htcachetest.c
+++ b/smmapdfw/libsmmapdfw/htcachetest.c
@@ -37,10 +37,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **args) {
   int size;
   int res;
 
-  openlog("htcachetest", LOG_PID, LOG_LOCAL2);
 
   htcache_t *c = htcache_init("/tmp/test-cache", 10);
 
+  openlog("htcachetest", LOG_PID, LOG_LOCAL2);
+
   printf("Populating cache\n");
   htcache_insert(c, "key1", "value1", 7);
   htcache_insert(c, "key2", "value2", 7);