diff --git a/lib/renovate.ts b/lib/renovate.ts
index f7bed3cf460..6571e5079ec 100644
--- a/lib/renovate.ts
+++ b/lib/renovate.ts
@@ -4,18 +4,19 @@ import 'source-map-support/register.js';
 import './punycode.cjs';
 
 void (async (): Promise<void> => {
+  // ⚠️ Don't add code before this!
+  // This has to be imported before logger and other libraries which are instrumented.
+  const otel = await import('./instrumentation/index.ts');
+  otel.init();
+  (await import('./proxy.ts')).bootstrap();
+
   // prints and exits the process if --version or --help is passed
   const { parseEarlyFlags } =
     await import('./workers/global/config/parse/cli.ts');
   parseEarlyFlags();
 
-  // has to be imported before logger and other libraries which are instrumentalised
-  const otel = await import('./instrumentation/index.ts');
-  otel.init();
-  (await import('./proxy.ts')).bootstrap();
-
   const logger = await import('./logger/index.ts');
-  /* v8 ignore next 3 -- not easily testable */
+  /* v8 ignore next -- not easily testable */
   process.on('unhandledRejection', (err) => {
     logger.logger.error({ err }, 'unhandledRejection');
   });
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ void (async (): Promise<void> => {
   process.exitCode = await otel.instrument('run', start);
   await otel.shutdown(); //gracefully shutdown OpenTelemetry
 
-  /* v8 ignore next 3 -- no test required */
+  /* v8 ignore if -- no test required */
   if (process.env.RENOVATE_X_HARD_EXIT) {
     process.exit(process.exitCode);
   }