Assigning 10.8.0.1 to a client on openvpn-as

[Akavish]

Hi all,
tried searching everywhere for this, any help is much appreciated.
I'm running openvpn-as on a vps with 30 licences.

i gave the server under "advanced vpn":
mode server
tls-server
ifconfig 10.8.0.254 255.255.255.0
ifconfig-pool 10.8.0.1 10.8.0.252
route 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0
push "route 10.8.0.254"

i created 30 users with static ip addresses and all works great.
all but 1 thing, it is crucial that the first client will get 10.8.0.1 but i'm keep getting the error notice that its not a valid range (10.8.0.2-253).
on my old config, just regular custom openvpn server it worked great.

how can i assign 10.8.0.1 to that specific client?

Thanks a lot in advanced, Ben.