diff --git a/modal/app.py b/modal/app.py
index 23abc3955..cb1d31c3c 100644
--- a/modal/app.py
+++ b/modal/app.py
@@ -492,13 +492,19 @@ def _init_container(self, client: _Client, running_app: RunningApp):
 
         _App._container_app = running_app
 
-        # Hydrate objects on app
-        indexed_objects = dict(**self._functions, **self._classes)
-        for tag, object_id in running_app.tag_to_object_id.items():
-            if tag in indexed_objects:
-                obj = indexed_objects[tag]
-                handle_metadata = running_app.object_handle_metadata[object_id]
-                obj._hydrate(object_id, client, handle_metadata)
+        # Hydrate objects on app -- hydrating functions first so that when a class is being hydrated its
+        # corresponding class service function is already hydrated.
+        def hydrate_objects(objects_dict):
+            for tag, object_id in running_app.tag_to_object_id.items():
+                if tag in objects_dict:
+                    obj = objects_dict[tag]
+                    handle_metadata = running_app.object_handle_metadata[object_id]
+                    obj._hydrate(object_id, client, handle_metadata)
+
+        # Hydrate function objects
+        hydrate_objects(self._functions)
+        # Hydrate class objects
+        hydrate_objects(self._classes)
 
     @property
     def registered_functions(self) -> Dict[str, _Function]: