From c37a9f37eb928e5904e2d9a538eadd6a5a91fd7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DrakiaXYZ <565558+DrakiaXYZ@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 10:06:11 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fix colors not working on mod load failure (#734)

Move console mode set to beginning of StartServer to allow colors earlier in the console output

Co-authored-by: DrakiaXYZ <565558+TheDgtl@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 SPTarkov.Server/Program.cs | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/SPTarkov.Server/Program.cs b/SPTarkov.Server/Program.cs
index cb34f4e1..a4265c83 100644
--- a/SPTarkov.Server/Program.cs
+++ b/SPTarkov.Server/Program.cs
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ public static class Program
     public static async Task StartServer(string[] args)
     {
         Console.OutputEncoding = Encoding.UTF8;
+        SetConsoleOutputMode();
 
         // Some users don't know how to create a shortcut...
         if (!IsRunFromInstallationFolder())
@@ -157,8 +158,6 @@ public static class Program
             forwardedHeadersOptions.KnownProxies.Clear();
             app.UseForwardedHeaders(forwardedHeadersOptions);
 
-            SetConsoleOutputMode();
-
             await app.Services.GetRequiredService<SptServerStartupService>().Startup();
 
             await app.RunAsync();