diff --git a/Assets/Mirror/Examples/TestNT/Scripts/TestNTNetworkManager.cs b/Assets/Mirror/Examples/TestNT/Scripts/TestNTNetworkManager.cs
index 2116296cd..86e801d99 100644
--- a/Assets/Mirror/Examples/TestNT/Scripts/TestNTNetworkManager.cs
+++ b/Assets/Mirror/Examples/TestNT/Scripts/TestNTNetworkManager.cs
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ public override void Start()
             {
                 // set default sendRate, then let CmdLineArgs override
                 Application.targetFrameRate = 60;
-                ((TestNTNetworkAuthenticator)authenticator).SetPlayername($"Bot[{sendRate}] ", true);
                 ((SimpleWebTransport)Transport.active).sslEnabled = true;
                 ((SimpleWebTransport)Transport.active).clientUseWss = true;
                 ProcessCmdLineArgs();
+                ((TestNTNetworkAuthenticator)authenticator).SetPlayername($"Bot[{sendRate}] ", true);
                 StartClient();
             }
         }