diff --git a/fail2ban b/fail2ban
index 33c7d364..abc9f9e2 100755
--- a/fail2ban
+++ b/fail2ban
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ __license__ = "GPL"
 
 from sys import exit, path
 
+# Appends our own modules path. Added before log4py import
+# because log4py could be distributed with Fail2Ban.
+path.append("/usr/lib/fail2ban")
+
 # Checks for required libs
 # Checks if log4py is present.
 try:
@@ -36,9 +40,6 @@ except:
 	print "log4py is needed (see README)"
 	exit(-1)
 
-# Appends our own modules path
-path.append('/usr/lib/fail2ban')
-
 # Now we can import our module
 import fail2ban