diff --git a/src/state/listener.rs b/src/state/listener.rs
index 8db4f4c..26a5d8e 100644
--- a/src/state/listener.rs
+++ b/src/state/listener.rs
@@ -97,12 +97,12 @@ impl State<Listener> {
             .remove(machine)
             .ok_or("released unbooked machine")?;
 
-        let was_running = booking.track(false);
-        self.update_slaves(machine, was_running, true, false).await?;
-
         machinelog(machine, &booking)
             .expect("machine log failed");
 
+        let was_running = booking.track(false);
+        self.update_slaves(machine, was_running, true, false).await?;
+
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -124,10 +124,10 @@ impl State<Listener> {
             .track(power)
             .as_result((), err)?;
 
-        self.update_slaves(machine, true, false, power).await?;
-
         cyan_ln!("info: {machine} got turned {power_string}");
 
+        self.update_slaves(machine, true, false, power).await?;
+
         Ok(())
     }