diff --git a/src/main.f90 b/src/main.f90
index 20293b8..2575b33 100644
--- a/src/main.f90
+++ b/src/main.f90
@@ -57,16 +57,20 @@ program main
     call exit(1)
   end if
 
-  ! Apply CLI overrides and copy the parameters into
-  ! global variables exported by the gray_params module
+  ! Initialise antenna parameters before parsing the
+  ! cli arguments, so antenna%pos can be overriden
+  call init_antenna(params%antenna, err)
+  if (err /= 0) call exit(err)
+
+  ! Apply CLI overrides to the parameters
   call parse_param_overrides(params)
+
+  ! Copy the parameters into global variables
+  ! exported by the gray_params module
   call params_set_globals(params)
 
   ! Read the input data and set the global variables
   ! of the respective module. Note: order matters.
-  call init_antenna(params%antenna, err)
-  if (err /= 0) call exit(err)
-
   call init_equilibrium(params, data, err)
   if (err /= 0) call exit(err)