diff --git a/components/dataLink/DataLinkManager.cpp b/components/dataLink/DataLinkManager.cpp
index d9ee48f..ebd56e1 100644
--- a/components/dataLink/DataLinkManager.cpp
+++ b/components/dataLink/DataLinkManager.cpp
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ DataLinkManager::DataLinkManager(uint8_t board_id, uint8_t num_channels = MAX_CH
 
     async_receive_queue = std::make_unique<BlockingQueue<Rx_Metadata>>(MAX_RX_QUEUE_SIZE);
 
-    init_scheduler();
     init_rip();
+    init_scheduler();
 }
 
 /**