diff --git a/specklepy/transports/server/server.py b/specklepy/transports/server/server.py
index ba49ad7..c8cf788 100644
--- a/specklepy/transports/server/server.py
+++ b/specklepy/transports/server/server.py
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ class ServerTransport(AbstractTransport):
         root_obj = json.loads(root_obj_serialized)
         closures = root_obj.get('__closure', {})
 
-        target_transport.save_object(id, root_obj_serialized)
-
         # Check which children are not already in the target transport
         children_ids = list(closures.keys())
         children_found_map = target_transport.has_objects(children_ids)
@@ -96,6 +94,8 @@ class ServerTransport(AbstractTransport):
                 hash, obj = line.split("\t")
                 target_transport.save_object(hash, obj)
 
+        target_transport.save_object(id, root_obj_serialized)
+
         return root_obj
 
     # async def stream_res(self, endpoint: str) -> str: