diff --git a/lib/Serverless.js b/lib/Serverless.js
index bb2ebb117..5a9dbabf1 100644
--- a/lib/Serverless.js
+++ b/lib/Serverless.js
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ class Serverless {
     this.commands           = {};
     this.cli                = null;
     this.utils              = require('./utils/index');
-
-    this.initProviders();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -93,6 +91,9 @@ class Serverless {
                     silent: true, // Don't display dotenv load failures for admin.env if we already have the required environment variables
                     path:   path.join(_this.getProject().getRootPath(), 'admin.env')
                   });
+                })
+                .then(function() {
+                  _this.initProviders();
                 });
           }
         });