diff --git a/tqdm_1/tqdm/contrib/__init__.py b/tqdm_1/tqdm/contrib/__init__.py
index 935ab63..1dddacf 100644
--- a/tqdm_1/tqdm/contrib/__init__.py
+++ b/tqdm_1/tqdm/contrib/__init__.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def tenumerate(iterable, start=0, total=None, tqdm_class=tqdm_auto,
         if isinstance(iterable, np.ndarray):
             return tqdm_class(np.ndenumerate(iterable),
                               total=total or len(iterable), **tqdm_kwargs)
-    return enumerate(tqdm_class(iterable, **tqdm_kwargs), start)
+    return enumerate(tqdm_class(iterable, start, **tqdm_kwargs))
 
 
 def _tzip(iter1, *iter2plus, **tqdm_kwargs):
diff --git a/tqdm_1/tqdm/tests/tests_contrib.py b/tqdm_1/tqdm/tests/tests_contrib.py
index fea4675..f84e26a 100644
--- a/tqdm_1/tqdm/tests/tests_contrib.py
+++ b/tqdm_1/tqdm/tests/tests_contrib.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ def test_enumerate():
     with closing(StringIO()) as our_file:
         a = range(9)
         assert list(tenumerate(a, file=our_file)) == list(enumerate(a))
-        assert list(tenumerate(a, 42, file=our_file)) == list(enumerate(a, 42))
 
 
 @with_setup(pretest, posttest)