diff --git a/packages/basic-crawler/src/internals/basic-crawler.ts b/packages/basic-crawler/src/internals/basic-crawler.ts
index fb112f62d655..29e3a29c0b9e 100644
--- a/packages/basic-crawler/src/internals/basic-crawler.ts
+++ b/packages/basic-crawler/src/internals/basic-crawler.ts
@@ -661,7 +661,6 @@ export class BasicCrawler<Context extends CrawlingContext = BasicCrawlingContext
         await this._init();
         await this.stats.startCapturing();
         const periodicLogger = this.getPeriodicLogger();
-        await periodicLogger.log();
 
         const sigintHandler = async () => {
             this.log.warning('Pausing... Press CTRL+C again to force exit. To resume, do: CRAWLEE_PURGE_ON_START=0 npm start');
@@ -677,6 +676,7 @@ export class BasicCrawler<Context extends CrawlingContext = BasicCrawlingContext
 
         try {
             this.log.info('Starting the crawl');
+            await periodicLogger.log();
             await this.autoscaledPool!.run();
         } finally {
             await this.teardown();