diff --git a/src/PocketMine.php b/src/PocketMine.php
index e3751967f..5b36d2a15 100644
--- a/src/PocketMine.php
+++ b/src/PocketMine.php
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ namespace pocketmine {
 		ini_set("display_startup_errors", '1');
 		ini_set("default_charset", "utf-8");
 		@ini_set("opcache.mmap_base", bin2hex(random_bytes(8))); //Fix OPCache address errors
+		ini_set('assert.exception', '1');
 	}
 
 	function server(){
diff --git a/src/Server.php b/src/Server.php
index 6b90fd7f4..43613dd60 100644
--- a/src/Server.php
+++ b/src/Server.php
@@ -1074,8 +1074,6 @@ class Server{
 				$this->logger->warning(str_repeat("-", 40));
 			}
 
-			ini_set('assert.exception', '1');
-
 			$this->memoryManager = new MemoryManager($this);
 
 			$this->logger->info($this->getLanguage()->translateString("pocketmine.server.start", [TextFormat::AQUA . $this->getVersion() . TextFormat::RESET]));