diff --git a/packages/vscode/src/index.ts b/packages/vscode/src/index.ts
index bb3189f4a3..fbafc09f8c 100644
--- a/packages/vscode/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vscode/src/index.ts
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ export async function activate(ext: ExtensionContext) {
 
   const contextLoader = new ContextLoader(cwd)
 
+  await contextLoader.ready
+
   const hasConfig = await contextLoader.loadContextInDirectory(cwd)
   if (!hasConfig)
     return
 
-  await contextLoader.ready
-
   const status = window.createStatusBarItem(StatusBarAlignment.Right, 200)
   status.text = 'UnoCSS'