diff --git a/components/net/cpp/include/ftl/net/universe.hpp b/components/net/cpp/include/ftl/net/universe.hpp
index b45163006d9755c3c3a713a23b1b9ccdf704cb8c..d0e10034993b2de34757f6fea64b5abbb1c8456b 100644
--- a/components/net/cpp/include/ftl/net/universe.hpp
+++ b/components/net/cpp/include/ftl/net/universe.hpp
@@ -214,10 +214,10 @@ class Universe : public ftl::Configurable {
 	std::map<ftl::UUID, ftl::net::Peer*> peer_ids_;
 	ftl::UUID id_;
 	ftl::net::Dispatcher disp_;
-	std::thread thread_;
 	std::list<ReconnectInfo> reconnects_;
 	size_t phase_;
 	std::list<ftl::net::Peer*> garbage_;
+	std::thread thread_;
 
 	struct ConnHandler {
 		callback_t id;
diff --git a/components/net/cpp/src/universe.cpp b/components/net/cpp/src/universe.cpp
index 402c5bed22cc394fd08251f2d2625983b89ed48e..c2b94acc1aeead0369601c7a65bf576c97d88832 100644
--- a/components/net/cpp/src/universe.cpp
+++ b/components/net/cpp/src/universe.cpp
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ using ftl::net::callback_t;
 
 callback_t ftl::net::Universe::cbid__ = 0;
 
-Universe::Universe() : Configurable(), active_(true), this_peer(ftl::net::this_peer), thread_(Universe::__start, this), phase_(0) {
+Universe::Universe() : Configurable(), active_(true), this_peer(ftl::net::this_peer), phase_(0), thread_(Universe::__start, this) {
 	_installBindings();
 }
 
 Universe::Universe(nlohmann::json &config) :
-		Configurable(config), active_(true), this_peer(ftl::net::this_peer), thread_(Universe::__start, this), phase_(0) {
+		Configurable(config), active_(true), this_peer(ftl::net::this_peer), phase_(0), thread_(Universe::__start, this) {
 
 	_installBindings();
 }