diff -r 0f96e3157b7f -r 9880bb697149 irc.py
--- a/irc.py	Thu Jan 15 20:48:57 2015 +0200
+++ b/irc.py	Mon Jan 19 16:42:36 2015 -0500
@@ -128,13 +128,13 @@
 					if words[1] == "001":
 						self.flags |= CLIF_CONNECTED
 
-						for channel in self.channels:
-							self.write ("JOIN %s %s" % (channel.get_value ('name'), channel.get_value ('password', default='')))
-
 						umode = self.cfg.get_value ('umode', '')
 
 						if umode != '':
 							self.write ('MODE %s %s' % (self.mynick, self.cfg.get_value ('umode', '')))
+
+						for channel in self.channels:
+							self.write ("JOIN %s %s" % (channel.get_value ('name'), channel.get_value ('password', default='')))
 					elif words[1] == "PRIVMSG":
 						self.handle_privmsg (line)
 					elif words[1] == 'QUIT':