diff --git a/clickhouse-jdbc/src/main/java/ru/yandex/clickhouse/ClickHouseConnectionImpl.java b/clickhouse-jdbc/src/main/java/ru/yandex/clickhouse/ClickHouseConnectionImpl.java
index 1ba8d191e..72f04cf54 100644
--- a/clickhouse-jdbc/src/main/java/ru/yandex/clickhouse/ClickHouseConnectionImpl.java
+++ b/clickhouse-jdbc/src/main/java/ru/yandex/clickhouse/ClickHouseConnectionImpl.java
@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ private void initConnection(ClickHouseProperties properties) throws SQLException
         }
 
         serverTimeZone = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"); // just for next query
+        timezone = serverTimeZone;
+        if (!properties.isUseServerTimeZone()) {
+            timezone = Utils.isNullOrEmptyString(properties.getUseTimeZone())
+                    ? TimeZone.getDefault()
+                    : TimeZone.getTimeZone(properties.getUseTimeZone());
+        }
+
         try (Statement s = createStatement(); ResultSet rs = s.executeQuery("select timezone(), version()")) {
             if (rs.next()) {
                 serverTimeZone = TimeZone.getTimeZone(rs.getString(1));
@@ -95,13 +102,6 @@ private void initConnection(ClickHouseProperties properties) throws SQLException
             }
         }
 
-        timezone = serverTimeZone;
-        if (!properties.isUseServerTimeZone()) {
-            timezone = Utils.isNullOrEmptyString(properties.getUseTimeZone())
-                ? TimeZone.getDefault()
-                : TimeZone.getTimeZone(properties.getUseTimeZone());
-        }
-
         if (serverVersion == null) {
             serverVersion = "";
         }