diff --git a/relay/prover.go b/relay/prover.go
index 01f1e3c..3133382 100644
--- a/relay/prover.go
+++ b/relay/prover.go
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ func (pr *Prover) GetOriginProver() core.Prover {
 
 // Init initializes the chain
 func (pr *Prover) Init(homePath string, timeout time.Duration, codec codec.ProtoCodecMarshaler, debug bool) error {
+	pr.homePath = homePath
+	pr.codec = codec
 	if debug {
 		ias.SetAllowDebugEnclaves()
 	}
@@ -74,8 +76,6 @@ func (pr *Prover) Init(homePath string, timeout time.Duration, codec codec.Proto
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(pr.dbPath(), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	pr.homePath = homePath
-	pr.codec = codec
 	return nil
 }