diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/preamble.ts b/superset-frontend/src/preamble.ts
index 824bde3c15f..9d91c574f09 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/preamble.ts
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/preamble.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ if (process.env.WEBPACK_MODE === 'development') {
 // Grab initial bootstrap data
 const bootstrapData = getBootstrapData();
 
+setupFormatters(
+  bootstrapData.common.d3_format,
+  bootstrapData.common.d3_time_format,
+);
+
 // Setup SupersetClient early so we can fetch language pack
 setupClient({ appRoot: applicationRoot() });
 
@@ -87,11 +92,6 @@ setupClient({ appRoot: applicationRoot() });
     bootstrapData.common.extra_sequential_color_schemes,
   );
 
-  setupFormatters(
-    bootstrapData.common.d3_format,
-    bootstrapData.common.d3_time_format,
-  );
-
   setupDashboardComponents();
 
   const getMe = makeApi<void, User>({