diff --git a/Templates/BaseGame/game/core/clientServer/scripts/client/client.tscript b/Templates/BaseGame/game/core/clientServer/scripts/client/client.tscript
index d13eab89f..96eb495e7 100644
--- a/Templates/BaseGame/game/core/clientServer/scripts/client/client.tscript
+++ b/Templates/BaseGame/game/core/clientServer/scripts/client/client.tscript
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ function initClient()
    exec( "./connectionToServer." @ $TorqueScriptFileExtension );
    exec( "./levelDownload." @ $TorqueScriptFileExtension );
    exec( "./levelLoad." @ $TorqueScriptFileExtension );
-   
-   //load prefs
    exec( "data/defaults." @ $TorqueScriptFileExtension );
+
+   moduleExec("initClient");
+
+   //load prefs
    %prefPath = getPrefpath();
    if ( isFile( %prefPath @ "/clientPrefs." @ $TorqueScriptFileExtension ) )
       exec( %prefPath @ "/clientPrefs." @ $TorqueScriptFileExtension );
-      
-   moduleExec("initClient");
 
    //keybinds stores user custom keybinds generated by the UI module (if installed), this should be the only place this is executed
    if(isScriptFile(%prefPath @ "/keybinds." @ $TorqueScriptFileExtension))