diff --git a/crates/bin/src/main_impl.rs b/crates/bin/src/main_impl.rs
index 2c78960b..893f65f8 100644
--- a/crates/bin/src/main_impl.rs
+++ b/crates/bin/src/main_impl.rs
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ use crate::{
 };
 
 pub fn do_main() -> impl Termination {
-    // This must be the very first thing to happen
-    let jobserver_client = LazyJobserverClient::new();
-
     let (args, cli_overrides) = args::parse();
 
     if args.version {
@@ -54,6 +51,8 @@ rustc-llvm-version: {rustc_llvm_version}"#
 
         let start = Instant::now();
 
+        let jobserver_client = LazyJobserverClient::new();
+
         let result =
             run_tokio_main(|| entry::install_crates(args, cli_overrides, jobserver_client));