diff --git a/spades.awk b/spades.awk
index a9ac2a3..04a03a9 100644
--- a/spades.awk
+++ b/spades.awk
@@ -159,10 +159,10 @@ function sp_load(file,	game)
 
 function sp_say(msg)
 {
-	print strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S | ") msg >> "logs/" sp_log
-	fflush("logs/" sp_log)
 	say(sp_channel, msg)
 	print msg |& sp_sock
+	print strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S | ") msg >> "logs/" sp_log
+	fflush("logs/" sp_log)
 }
 
 function sp_pretty(cards, who)