diff --git a/confluent_server/confluent/config/configmanager.py b/confluent_server/confluent/config/configmanager.py
index d0c895b6..897a3206 100644
--- a/confluent_server/confluent/config/configmanager.py
+++ b/confluent_server/confluent/config/configmanager.py
@@ -1985,13 +1985,13 @@ def dump_db_to_directory(location, password, redact=None, skipkeys=False):
         with open(os.path.join(location, 'keys.json'), 'w') as cfgfile:
             cfgfile.write(_dump_keys(password))
             cfgfile.write('\n')
+    with open(os.path.join(location, 'main.json'), 'w') as cfgfile:
+        cfgfile.write(ConfigManager(tenant=None)._dump_to_json(redact=redact))
+        cfgfile.write('\n')
     if 'collective' in _cfgstore:
         with open(os.path.join(location, 'collective.json'), 'w') as cfgfile:
             cfgfile.write(json.dumps(_cfgstore['collective']))
             cfgfile.write('\n')
-    with open(os.path.join(location, 'main.json'), 'w') as cfgfile:
-        cfgfile.write(ConfigManager(tenant=None)._dump_to_json(redact=redact))
-        cfgfile.write('\n')
     bkupglobals = get_globals()
     if bkupglobals:
         json.dump(bkupglobals, open(os.path.join(location, 'globals.json'),