diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 88bc6c41be..6ccdf44931 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -512,3 +512,8 @@ Charlie 28 Nov 2007
         UpperCase2.xcodeproj/
             project.pbxproj
 
+David  6 Jan 2007
+    - small bug fix
+
+    wrapper/
+        wrapper.C
diff --git a/wrapper/wrapper.C b/wrapper/wrapper.C
index 3478965aa1..0e9c2996d3 100644
--- a/wrapper/wrapper.C
+++ b/wrapper/wrapper.C
@@ -460,8 +460,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     options.check_heartbeat = true;
     options.handle_process_control = true;
 
-    fprintf(stderr, "wrapper: starting\n");
     boinc_init_options(&options);
+    fprintf(stderr, "wrapper: starting\n");
     retval = parse_job_file();
     if (retval) {
         fprintf(stderr, "can't parse job file: %d\n", retval);