diff --git a/tabby-terminal/src/api/baseTerminalTab.component.ts b/tabby-terminal/src/api/baseTerminalTab.component.ts
index e04587b9..9f9fa734 100644
--- a/tabby-terminal/src/api/baseTerminalTab.component.ts
+++ b/tabby-terminal/src/api/baseTerminalTab.component.ts
@@ -767,10 +767,10 @@ export class BaseTerminalTabComponent extends BaseTabComponent implements OnInit
             this.spinner.text = text
         }
         this.spinner.setSpinnerString(6)
+        this.spinnerActive = true
         this.zone.runOutsideAngular(() => {
             this.spinner.start()
         })
-        this.spinnerActive = true
     }
 
     protected stopSpinner (): void {