diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 37181e2..7018faa 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ def pinger(nick, connection):
         print(property_list[nick]["ping_pending"] == True)
         if (time.time() - property_list[nick]["last_ping"]) > 60 and not property_list[nick]["ping_pending"]:
             print("Sent ping message to " + nick)
-            connection.sendall(bytes(f"PING {server}\r\n","UTF-8"))
             property_list[nick]["ping_pending"] = True
+            connection.sendall(bytes(f"PING {server}\r\n","UTF-8"))
         elif property_list[nick]["ping_pending"] and ((time.time() - property_list[nick]["last_ping"]) > 120):
             property_list[nick]["cause"] = "Ping timeout: 120 seconds"
             connection.shutdown(socket.SHUT_WR)