1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/acr.cc b/crawl-ref/source/acr.cc
index 90cc3e91d8..e8f99fe547 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/acr.cc
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/acr.cc
@@ -3460,6 +3460,7 @@ static bool initialise(void)
     init_monster_symbols();
     init_properties();
     init_spell_descs();        // this needs to be way up top {dlb}
+    init_mon_name_cache();
 
     msg::initialise_mpr_streams();
 
@@ -3493,7 +3494,6 @@ static bool initialise(void)
     databaseSystemInit();
 
     init_feat_desc_cache();
-    init_mon_name_cache();
     init_spell_name_cache();
     init_item_name_cache();