diff --git a/packages/static-hosting/lib/static-hosting.ts b/packages/static-hosting/lib/static-hosting.ts
index 5c3eac5d..04e72a2b 100644
--- a/packages/static-hosting/lib/static-hosting.ts
+++ b/packages/static-hosting/lib/static-hosting.ts
@@ -478,6 +478,11 @@ export class StaticHosting extends Construct {
 
     const additionalBehaviors: Record<string, Writeable<BehaviorOptions>> = {};
 
+    // If additional behaviours are provided via props, then merge, overriding generated behaviours if required.
+    if (props.additionalBehaviors) {
+      Object.assign(additionalBehaviors, props.additionalBehaviors);
+    }
+
     if (props.backendHost) {
       backendOrigin = new HttpOrigin(props.backendHost);
 
@@ -525,11 +530,6 @@ export class StaticHosting extends Construct {
       }
     }
 
-    // If additional behaviours are provided via props, then merge, overriding generated behaviours if required.
-    if (props.additionalBehaviors) {
-      Object.assign(additionalBehaviors, props.additionalBehaviors);
-    }
-
     const distributionProps: DistributionProps = {
       domainNames: domainNames,
       webAclId: props.webAclArn,
diff --git a/packages/static-hosting/package.json b/packages/static-hosting/package.json
index 17a52860..ecda9659 100644
--- a/packages/static-hosting/package.json
+++ b/packages/static-hosting/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@aligent/cdk-static-hosting",
-  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "version": "2.3.1",
   "main": "index.js",
   "license": "GPL-3.0-only",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/aligent/aws-cdk-static-hosting-stack#readme",