diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d9131ec..cb93f00 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ huhu 0.11.0 (unreleased)
   * Update to current Debian version.
   * Add shell to new huhu mod users.
   * Add wrapper script for read-mail.pl
+  * Add STARTTLS to poster.pl
   * Drop more headers.
   * Only connect to newsserver if there are approved posts.
   * Fix headers with continuation immediately at start.
diff --git a/bin/poster.pl b/bin/poster.pl
index 682e35f..e666711 100755
--- a/bin/poster.pl
+++ b/bin/poster.pl
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ sub connect_nntp($)
   my $cfg_nntp_pass = $r_config->{'nntp_pass'} ||
     die 'No "nntp_pass" in configuration file';
 
+  $nntp->starttls if $nntp->can_ssl();
+
   # authinfo does not return a value
   $nntp->authinfo($cfg_nntp_user, $cfg_nntp_pass);
 
-  $nntp->starttls if $nntp->can_ssl();
-
   return $nntp;
 }