diff --git a/frontend/src/serverStartup.contract.test.ts b/frontend/src/serverStartup.contract.test.ts
index 0f6ddfa..2e80b49 100644
--- a/frontend/src/serverStartup.contract.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/serverStartup.contract.test.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,17 @@ describe('server startup contracts', () => {
     )
   })
 
+  it('initializes bootstrap data providers before phone startup', () => {
+    const phoneIndex = manifest.indexOf("'source/server/phone.lua'")
+
+    expect(manifest.indexOf("'source/server/notes.lua'")).toBeLessThan(
+      phoneIndex,
+    )
+    expect(manifest.indexOf("'source/server/memos.lua'")).toBeLessThan(
+      phoneIndex,
+    )
+  })
+
   it('queues early opens until the resource has fully started', () => {
     expect(phoneServer).toContain(
       'AddEventHandler("onServerResourceStart", function(resource_name)',
diff --git a/sky_phone/fxmanifest.lua b/sky_phone/fxmanifest.lua
index 8cb8e0e..afb4c8c 100644
--- a/sky_phone/fxmanifest.lua
+++ b/sky_phone/fxmanifest.lua
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ server_scripts {
     'source/server/media_metadata.lua',
     'source/server/companies.lua',
     'source/server/sim.lua',
+    'source/server/memos.lua',
+    'source/server/notes.lua',
     'source/server/phone.lua',
     'source/server/db_migrate.lua',
     'source/server/lb_phone_migration.lua',
@@ -83,11 +85,9 @@ server_scripts {
     'source/server/weazel_news.lua',
     'source/server/citywarn.lua',
     'source/server/messages.lua',
-    'source/server/memos.lua',
     'source/server/easyshare.lua',
     'source/server/darkchat.lua',
     'source/server/flare.lua',
-    'source/server/notes.lua',
     'source/server/mail.lua',
     'source/server/banking.lua',
     'source/server/crypto.lua',