diff -r d1ca82e27cbc -r cafe00f2161e src/Pure/System/isabelle_process.ML
--- a/src/Pure/System/isabelle_process.ML	Sat Aug 15 13:45:25 2020 +0200
+++ b/src/Pure/System/isabelle_process.ML	Sat Aug 15 13:51:55 2020 +0200
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@
       in protocol_loop () end;
 
     fun protocol () =
-     (ml_statistics ();
-      message Markup.initN [] [XML.Text (Session.welcome ())];
+     (message Markup.initN [] [XML.Text (Session.welcome ())];
+      ml_statistics ();
       protocol_loop ());
 
     val result = Exn.capture (message_context protocol) ();