diff --git a/coreapi/linphonecore.c b/coreapi/linphonecore.c
index e84f8e5d2..5a6918c49 100644
--- a/coreapi/linphonecore.c
+++ b/coreapi/linphonecore.c
@@ -1571,6 +1571,8 @@ void linphone_core_reload_ms_plugins(LinphoneCore *lc, const char *path){
 }
 
 static void linphone_core_start(LinphoneCore * lc) {
+	linphone_core_add_friend_list(lc, NULL);
+
 	sip_setup_register_all(lc->factory);
 	sound_config_read(lc);
 	net_config_read(lc);
@@ -1588,6 +1590,7 @@ static void linphone_core_start(LinphoneCore * lc) {
 	}
 #endif
 
+
 	linphone_core_notify_display_status(lc,_("Ready"));
 	lc->auto_net_state_mon=lc->sip_conf.auto_net_state_mon;
 	linphone_core_set_state(lc,LinphoneGlobalOn,"Ready");
@@ -1726,8 +1729,6 @@ static void linphone_core_init(LinphoneCore * lc, const LinphoneCoreVTable *vtab
 	lc->data=userdata;
 	lc->ringstream_autorelease=TRUE;
 
-	linphone_core_add_friend_list(lc, NULL);
-
 	linphone_task_list_init(&lc->hooks);
 
 	internal_vtable->notify_received = linphone_core_internal_notify_received;