diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amplitude/api/AmplitudeClient.java b/src/main/java/com/amplitude/api/AmplitudeClient.java
index 8175c333..c90b53e3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amplitude/api/AmplitudeClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amplitude/api/AmplitudeClient.java
@@ -392,6 +392,8 @@ public void onFinished() {
                         client.userId = dbHelper.getValue(USER_ID_KEY);
                     }
 
+                    identifyInterceptor = new IdentifyInterceptor(dbHelper, logThread, identifyBatchIntervalMillis, this);
+
                     // set up listener to core package to receive exposure events from Experiment
                     connector.getEventBridge().setEventReceiver(analyticsEvent -> {
                         String eventType = analyticsEvent.getEventType();
@@ -435,8 +437,6 @@ public void onDatabaseReset(SQLiteDatabase db) {
                         }
                     });
 
-                    identifyInterceptor = new IdentifyInterceptor(dbHelper, logThread, identifyBatchIntervalMillis, this);
-
                     initialized = true;
 
                 } catch (CursorWindowAllocationException e) {  // treat as uninitialized SDK