diff --git a/exercises/exercise-5.md b/exercises/exercise-5.md
index a09b78c6d4f6f0f3cdaaadfb96781767e899af48..2d17354beba68ec590fea3497847dbf958a89512 100644
--- a/exercises/exercise-5.md
+++ b/exercises/exercise-5.md
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ And the following test:
     try
       val memory = system.actorOf(Props(Memory()))
       val client = system.actorOf(Props(Client(memory)))
-      memory ! Write(1)
       memory ! Read(client)
+      memory ! Write(1)
     finally system.terminate()
 ```