diff --git a/ring-jetty-adapter/src/ring/adapter/jetty.clj b/ring-jetty-adapter/src/ring/adapter/jetty.clj
index 1a38fcd..b46247c 100644
--- a/ring-jetty-adapter/src/ring/adapter/jetty.clj
+++ b/ring-jetty-adapter/src/ring/adapter/jetty.clj
@@ -77,12 +77,12 @@
                   :want or :none (defaults to :none)"
   [handler options]
   (let [^Server s (create-server (dissoc options :configurator))]
-    (when-let [configurator (:configurator options)]
-      (configurator s))
     (doto s
       (.setHandler (proxy-handler handler))
-      (.setThreadPool (QueuedThreadPool. (options :max-threads 50)))
-      (.start))
+      (.setThreadPool (QueuedThreadPool. (options :max-threads 50))))
+    (when-let [configurator (:configurator options)]
+      (configurator s))
+    (.start s)
     (when (:join? options true)
       (.join s))
     s))
diff --git a/ring-jetty-adapter/test/ring/adapter/test/jetty.clj b/ring-jetty-adapter/test/ring/adapter/test/jetty.clj
index dd193a6..f9f1ebd 100644
--- a/ring-jetty-adapter/test/ring/adapter/test/jetty.clj
+++ b/ring-jetty-adapter/test/ring/adapter/test/jetty.clj
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 (ns ring.adapter.test.jetty
   (:use clojure.test
         ring.adapter.jetty)
-  (:require [clj-http.client :as http]))
+  (:require [clj-http.client :as http])
+  (:import (org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread QueuedThreadPool)
+           (org.eclipse.jetty.server Server Request)
+           (org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler AbstractHandler)))
 
 (defn- hello-world [request]
   {:status  200
@@ -30,4 +33,15 @@
                   :key-password "password"}
       (let [response (http/get "https://localhost:4348" {:insecure? true})]
         (is (= (:status response) 200))
-        (is (= (:body response) "Hello World"))))))
+        (is (= (:body response) "Hello World")))))
+
+  (testing "configurator set to run last"
+    (let [max-threads 20 
+          new-handler  (proxy [AbstractHandler] [] (handle [_ ^Request base-request request response]))
+          threadPool (QueuedThreadPool. ({} :max-threads max-threads))
+          configurator (fn [server] (.setThreadPool server threadPool) (.setHandler server new-handler))
+          server (run-jetty hello-world {:join? false :port 4347 :configurator configurator})]
+      (is (= (.getMaxThreads (.getThreadPool server)) max-threads))
+      (is (identical? new-handler (.getHandler server)))
+      (is (= 1 (count (.getHandlers server))))
+      (.stop server))))