diff --git a/src/base/net/stratum/Client.cpp b/src/base/net/stratum/Client.cpp
index fd4d13a7..78c0976f 100644
--- a/src/base/net/stratum/Client.cpp
+++ b/src/base/net/stratum/Client.cpp
@@ -378,6 +378,14 @@ bool xmrig::Client::parseJob(const rapidjson::Value &params, int *code)
         return false;
     }
 
+    const char *algo = Json::getString(params, "algo");
+    if (algo) {
+        job.setAlgorithm(algo);
+    }
+    else if (m_pool.coin().isValid()) {
+        job.setAlgorithm(m_pool.coin().algorithm(job.blob()[0]));
+    }
+
 #   ifdef XMRIG_FEATURE_HTTP
     if (m_pool.mode() == Pool::MODE_SELF_SELECT) {
         job.setExtraNonce(Json::getString(params, "extra_nonce"));
@@ -402,14 +410,6 @@ bool xmrig::Client::parseJob(const rapidjson::Value &params, int *code)
         return false;
     }
 
-    const char *algo = Json::getString(params, "algo");
-    if (algo) {
-        job.setAlgorithm(algo);
-    }
-    else if (m_pool.coin().isValid()) {
-        job.setAlgorithm(m_pool.coin().algorithm(job.blob()[0]));
-    }
-
     job.setHeight(Json::getUint64(params, "height"));
 
     if (!verifyAlgorithm(job.algorithm(), algo)) {
diff --git a/src/base/net/stratum/DaemonClient.cpp b/src/base/net/stratum/DaemonClient.cpp
index 087fd0f7..c429039d 100644
--- a/src/base/net/stratum/DaemonClient.cpp
+++ b/src/base/net/stratum/DaemonClient.cpp
@@ -247,6 +247,10 @@ bool xmrig::DaemonClient::parseJob(const rapidjson::Value &params, int *code)
         Cvt::toHex(m_blockhashingblob.data() + offset * 2, kBlobReserveSize * 2, Cvt::randomBytes(kBlobReserveSize).data(), kBlobReserveSize);
     }
 
+    if (m_pool.coin().isValid()) {
+        job.setAlgorithm(m_pool.coin().algorithm(job.blob()[0]));
+    }
+
     if (blocktemplate.isNull() || !job.setBlob(m_blockhashingblob)) {
         *code = 4;
         return false;
@@ -257,10 +261,6 @@ bool xmrig::DaemonClient::parseJob(const rapidjson::Value &params, int *code)
     job.setDiff(Json::getUint64(params, "difficulty"));
     job.setId(blocktemplate.data() + blocktemplate.size() - 32);
 
-    if (m_pool.coin().isValid()) {
-        job.setAlgorithm(m_pool.coin().algorithm(job.blob()[0]));
-    }
-
     m_job           = std::move(job);
     m_blocktemplate = std::move(blocktemplate);
     m_prevHash      = Json::getString(params, "prev_hash");
diff --git a/src/base/net/stratum/benchmark/BenchClient.cpp b/src/base/net/stratum/benchmark/BenchClient.cpp
index 11b0d2ba..39b50e86 100644
--- a/src/base/net/stratum/benchmark/BenchClient.cpp
+++ b/src/base/net/stratum/benchmark/BenchClient.cpp
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ xmrig::BenchClient::BenchClient(const std::shared_ptr<BenchConfig> &benchmark, I
     std::vector<char> blob(112 * 2 + 1, '0');
     blob.back() = '\0';
 
-    m_job.setBlob(blob.data());
     m_job.setAlgorithm(m_benchmark->algorithm());
+    m_job.setBlob(blob.data());
     m_job.setDiff(std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max());
     m_job.setHeight(1);
     m_job.setId("00000000");