diff --git a/radicle-httpd/src/git.rs b/radicle-httpd/src/git.rs
index 9e3c062d6..4b6abbd68 100644
--- a/radicle-httpd/src/git.rs
+++ b/radicle-httpd/src/git.rs
@@ -105,11 +105,11 @@ async fn git_http_backend(
 
     let mut cmd = Command::new("git");
     let mut child = cmd
-        .arg("http-backend")
         // This is a workaround to allow fetching particular commits by their OID.
         // Otherwise, the client errors with "Server does not allow request for unadvertised object"
         // See also `REF_UNADVERTISED_NOT_ALLOWED` in Git's `fetch-pack.c` (as of 0bd2d79).
         .args(["-c", "uploadpack.allowAnySHA1InWant"])
+        .arg("http-backend")
         .env("REQUEST_METHOD", method.as_str())
         .env("GIT_PROJECT_ROOT", git_dir)
         // "The GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL environmental variable may be passed to git-http-backend to bypass