diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 34eb954..6dd948c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "uipath-mcp"
-version = "0.0.88"
+version = "0.0.89"
 description = "UiPath MCP SDK"
 readme = { file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown" }
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
diff --git a/src/uipath_mcp/_cli/_runtime/_runtime.py b/src/uipath_mcp/_cli/_runtime/_runtime.py
index 58c146f..4705c78 100644
--- a/src/uipath_mcp/_cli/_runtime/_runtime.py
+++ b/src/uipath_mcp/_cli/_runtime/_runtime.py
@@ -259,6 +259,16 @@ async def _handle_signalr_close(self) -> None:
 
     async def _register(self) -> None:
         """Register the MCP server with UiPath."""
+
+        folder_key = os.environ.get("UIPATH_FOLDER_KEY")
+        if not folder_key:
+            raise UiPathMcpRuntimeError(
+                "REGISTRATION_ERROR",
+                "No UIPATH_FOLDER_KEY environment variable set.",
+                "Please set the UIPATH_FOLDER_KEY environment variable.",
+                UiPathErrorCategory.USER,
+            )
+
         initialization_successful = False
         tools_result = None
         server_stderr_output = ""
@@ -375,14 +385,6 @@ async def _register(self) -> None:
 
             logger.info(client_info)
 
-            folder_key = os.environ.get("UIPATH_FOLDER_KEY")
-            if not folder_key:
-                raise UiPathMcpRuntimeError(
-                    "REGISTRATION_ERROR",
-                    "No UIPATH_FOLDER_KEY environment variable set.",
-                    UiPathErrorCategory.USER,
-                )
-
             # Register with UiPath MCP Server
             await self._uipath.api_client.request_async(
                 "POST",