diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/DesktopConnection.java b/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/DesktopConnection.java
index 40cb088c..ca20c1d8 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/DesktopConnection.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/DesktopConnection.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public final class DesktopConnection implements Closeable {
         return localSocket;
     }
 
-    public static DesktopConnection open(Device device, boolean tunnelForward, boolean control) throws IOException {
+    public static DesktopConnection open(boolean tunnelForward, boolean control) throws IOException {
         LocalSocket videoSocket;
         LocalSocket controlSocket = null;
         if (tunnelForward) {
@@ -78,10 +78,7 @@ public final class DesktopConnection implements Closeable {
             }
         }
 
-        DesktopConnection connection = new DesktopConnection(videoSocket, controlSocket);
-        Size videoSize = device.getScreenInfo().getVideoSize();
-        connection.send(Device.getDeviceName(), videoSize.getWidth(), videoSize.getHeight());
-        return connection;
+        return new DesktopConnection(videoSocket, controlSocket);
     }
 
     public void close() throws IOException {
@@ -95,7 +92,7 @@ public final class DesktopConnection implements Closeable {
         }
     }
 
-    private void send(String deviceName, int width, int height) throws IOException {
+    public void sendDeviceMeta(String deviceName, int width, int height) throws IOException {
         byte[] buffer = new byte[DEVICE_NAME_FIELD_LENGTH + 4];
 
         byte[] deviceNameBytes = deviceName.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/Server.java b/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/Server.java
index 9d7a62e3..6dc0b2c6 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/Server.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/Server.java
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ public final class Server {
         boolean tunnelForward = options.isTunnelForward();
         boolean control = options.getControl();
 
-        try (DesktopConnection connection = DesktopConnection.open(device, tunnelForward, control)) {
+        try (DesktopConnection connection = DesktopConnection.open(tunnelForward, control)) {
+            Size videoSize = device.getScreenInfo().getVideoSize();
+            connection.sendDeviceMeta(Device.getDeviceName(), videoSize.getWidth(), videoSize.getHeight());
             ScreenEncoder screenEncoder = new ScreenEncoder(options.getSendFrameMeta(), options.getBitRate(), options.getMaxFps(), codecOptions,
                     options.getEncoderName(), options.getDownsizeOnError());