diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/fml/common/patcher/ClassPatchManager.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/fml/common/patcher/ClassPatchManager.java
index da4832ffe3..7acb61f516 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/fml/common/patcher/ClassPatchManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/fml/common/patcher/ClassPatchManager.java
@@ -50,11 +50,12 @@ import com.google.common.io.ByteStreams;
 import com.google.common.io.Files;
 
 public class ClassPatchManager {
-    public static final ClassPatchManager INSTANCE = new ClassPatchManager();
-
+    //Must be ABOVE INSTANCE so they get set in time for the constructor.
     public static final boolean dumpPatched = Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty("fml.dumpPatchedClasses", "false"));
     public static final boolean DEBUG = Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty("fml.debugClassPatchManager", "false"));
 
+    public static final ClassPatchManager INSTANCE = new ClassPatchManager();
+
     private GDiffPatcher patcher = new GDiffPatcher();
     private ListMultimap<String, ClassPatch> patches;