diff --git a/trunk/src/app/srs_app_config.cpp b/trunk/src/app/srs_app_config.cpp
index 31b16c916..28731b872 100644
--- a/trunk/src/app/srs_app_config.cpp
+++ b/trunk/src/app/srs_app_config.cpp
@@ -1359,6 +1359,9 @@ int SrsConfig::parse_options(int argc, char** argv)
         exit(0);
     }
     
+    // first hello message.
+    srs_trace(RTMP_SIG_SRS_SERVER);
+    
     if (config_file.empty()) {
         ret = ERROR_SYSTEM_CONFIG_INVALID;
         srs_error("config file not specified, see help: %s -h, ret=%d", argv[0], ret);
diff --git a/trunk/src/main/srs_main_server.cpp b/trunk/src/main/srs_main_server.cpp
index 1fe712af5..dddfef503 100644
--- a/trunk/src/main/srs_main_server.cpp
+++ b/trunk/src/main/srs_main_server.cpp
@@ -248,9 +248,6 @@ void check_macro_features()
 int main(int argc, char** argv) 
 {
     int ret = ERROR_SUCCESS;
-    
-    // first hello message.
-    srs_trace(RTMP_SIG_SRS_SERVER);
 
     // TODO: support both little and big endian.
     srs_assert(srs_is_little_endian());