diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3c3aaa8883..b54256e552 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
  - #2887, Add Preference `max-affected` to limit affected resources - @taimoorzaeem
 
+### Fixed
+
+ - #3149, Misleading "Starting PostgREST.." logs on schema cache reloading - @steve-chavez
+
 ### Deprecated
 
  - `Prefer: params=single-object` is deprecated. Use [a function with a single unnamed JSON parameter](https://postgrest.org/en/latest/references/api/stored_procedures.html#s-proc-single-json) instead. - @steve-chavez
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/App.hs b/src/PostgREST/App.hs
index 233cbf7900..3c3b187707 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/App.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/App.hs
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ type Handler = ExceptT Error
 
 run :: AppState -> IO ()
 run appState = do
+  AppState.logWithZTime appState $ "Starting PostgREST " <> T.decodeUtf8 prettyVersion <> "..."
+
   conf@AppConfig{..} <- AppState.getConfig appState
   AppState.connectionWorker appState -- Loads the initial SchemaCache
   Unix.installSignalHandlers (AppState.getMainThreadId appState) (AppState.connectionWorker appState) (AppState.reReadConfig False appState)
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/AppState.hs b/src/PostgREST/AppState.hs
index 7a8dd05267..71903d8399 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/AppState.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/AppState.hs
@@ -353,7 +353,6 @@ internalConnectionWorker appState = work
   where
     work = do
       config@AppConfig{..} <- getConfig appState
-      logWithZTime appState $ "Starting PostgREST " <> T.decodeUtf8 prettyVersion <> "..."
       logWithZTime appState "Attempting to connect to the database..."
       connected <- establishConnection appState config
       case connected of