diff --git a/lib/capistrano/setup.rb b/lib/capistrano/setup.rb
index f08b470d..cf1f2c91 100644
--- a/lib/capistrano/setup.rb
+++ b/lib/capistrano/setup.rb
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ end
 
 stages.each do |stage|
   Rake::Task.define_task(stage) do
+    set(:stage, stage.to_sym)
+    
     invoke 'load:defaults'
     load 'config/deploy.rb'
     load "config/deploy/#{stage}.rb"
     load "capistrano/#{fetch(:scm)}.rb"
-    set(:stage, stage.to_sym)
     I18n.locale = fetch(:locale, :en)
     configure_backend
   end