diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 314932f88..a0f6b9556 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Fixed
+
+ - #3149, Misleading "Starting PostgREST.." logs on schema cache reloading - @steve-chavez
+
 ## [12.0.2] - 2023-12-20
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/App.hs b/src/PostgREST/App.hs
index 233cbf790..3c3b18770 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/App.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/App.hs
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ type Handler = ExceptT Error
 
 run :: AppState -> IO ()
 run appState = do
+  AppState.logWithZTime appState $ "Starting PostgREST " <> T.decodeUtf8 prettyVersion <> "..."
+
   conf@AppConfig{..} <- AppState.getConfig appState
   AppState.connectionWorker appState -- Loads the initial SchemaCache
   Unix.installSignalHandlers (AppState.getMainThreadId appState) (AppState.connectionWorker appState) (AppState.reReadConfig False appState)
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/AppState.hs b/src/PostgREST/AppState.hs
index 7a8dd0526..71903d839 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/AppState.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/AppState.hs
@@ -353,7 +353,6 @@ internalConnectionWorker appState = work
   where
     work = do
       config@AppConfig{..} <- getConfig appState
-      logWithZTime appState $ "Starting PostgREST " <> T.decodeUtf8 prettyVersion <> "..."
       logWithZTime appState "Attempting to connect to the database..."
       connected <- establishConnection appState config
       case connected of