diff --git a/components/ILIAS/soap/classes/class.ilSoapAdministration.php b/components/ILIAS/soap/classes/class.ilSoapAdministration.php
index 11216ec84cf2..a44da6f3bedf 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/soap/classes/class.ilSoapAdministration.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/soap/classes/class.ilSoapAdministration.php
@@ -147,8 +147,9 @@ protected function initAuth(string $sid): void
 
         session_id($sid);
 
+        ilInitialisation::reInitUser();
+
         if (ilContext::getType() !== ilContext::CONTEXT_SOAP) {
-            ilInitialisation::reInitUser();
             ilUtil::setCookie(session_name(), $sid);
         }
     }
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ protected function initIlias(): void
             }
         }
     }
-    
+
     public function reInitUser(): void
     {
         if (ilContext::getType() === ilContext::CONTEXT_SOAP) {
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/soap/resources/soap/server.php b/components/ILIAS/soap/resources/soap/server.php
index 7c66d6c2656a..a471c324016f 100644
--- a/components/ILIAS/soap/resources/soap/server.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/soap/resources/soap/server.php
@@ -27,12 +27,14 @@
 
 require_once 'vendor/composer/vendor/autoload.php';
 require_once __DIR__ . '/../../artifacts/bootstrap_default.php';
+
+ilContext::init(ilContext::CONTEXT_SOAP);
+
 entry_point('ILIAS Legacy Initialisation Adapter');
 
 // Initialize the error_reporting level, until it will be overwritte when ILIAS gets initialized
 error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE & ~E_DEPRECATED);
 
-ilContext::init(ilContext::CONTEXT_SOAP);
 
 $ilIliasIniFile = new ilIniFile('./ilias.ini.php');
 $ilIliasIniFile->read();