diff --git a/internal/native/message_server.go b/internal/native/message_server.go
index 8102e7370..9f913de28 100644
--- a/internal/native/message_server.go
+++ b/internal/native/message_server.go
@@ -330,8 +330,8 @@ func (m *MessageServer) UsingPlugin(pluginName string, pluginVersion string) err
 	cPluginVersion := C.CString(pluginVersion)
 	defer free(cPluginVersion)
 	
-	InstallSignalHandlers()
 	r := C.pactffi_using_plugin(m.messagePact.handle, cPluginName, cPluginVersion)
+	InstallSignalHandlers()
 
 	// 1 - A general panic was caught.
 	// 2 - Failed to load the plugin.
diff --git a/internal/native/mock_server.go b/internal/native/mock_server.go
index d3adcfc85..7d57dcd49 100644
--- a/internal/native/mock_server.go
+++ b/internal/native/mock_server.go
@@ -555,8 +555,8 @@ func (m *MockServer) UsingPlugin(pluginName string, pluginVersion string) error
 	cPluginVersion := C.CString(pluginVersion)
 	defer free(cPluginVersion)
 
-	InstallSignalHandlers()
 	r := C.pactffi_using_plugin(m.pact.handle, cPluginName, cPluginVersion)
+	InstallSignalHandlers()
 
 	// 1 - A general panic was caught.
 	// 2 - Failed to load the plugin.