diff --git a/server/TracyWorker.cpp b/server/TracyWorker.cpp
index 480c669d..d1cce53f 100644
--- a/server/TracyWorker.cpp
+++ b/server/TracyWorker.cpp
@@ -1652,10 +1652,12 @@ void Worker::ReadTimeline( FileRead& f, Vector<ZoneEvent*>& vec, uint16_t thread
     for( uint64_t i=0; i<size; i++ )
     {
         auto zone = m_slab.Alloc<ZoneEvent>();
-        new( &zone->child ) decltype( zone->child );
         vec.push_back_no_space_check( zone );
+        new( &zone->child ) decltype( zone->child );
 
         f.Read( zone, sizeof( ZoneEvent ) - sizeof( ZoneEvent::child ) );
+        ReadTimeline( f, zone->child, thread );
+
 #ifndef TRACY_NO_STATISTICS
         auto it = m_data.sourceLocationZones.find( zone->srcloc );
         assert( it != m_data.sourceLocationZones.end() );
@@ -1671,8 +1673,6 @@ void Worker::ReadTimeline( FileRead& f, Vector<ZoneEvent*>& vec, uint16_t thread
             }
         }
 #endif
-
-        ReadTimeline( f, zone->child, thread );
     }
 }