diff --git a/update b/update
index 8c4f5c0..74c08f6 100755
--- a/update
+++ b/update
@@ -8,28 +8,6 @@ NO_COLOR="\033[0m"      # Text Reset
 TMP="/tmp/update"
 DATE="$(date +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%:z")"  # RFC 3339 date-time https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3339#section-5.6
 
-source "$HOME"/.config/update.conf || echo -e "${IRED}No config found${NO_COLOR}" || exit 1
-
-check_for_valid_backup_location() {
-    if [ ! -d $1 ]; then
-        echo -e "${IYELLOW}$1 doesn't exist${NO_COLOR}"
-        read -p "Do you want to create the path and continue? [y/N]" input
-        case $input in
-            [Yy]) mkdir --parents "$1" ;;
-            [Nn]) exit 0;;
-            * ) exit 0 ;;
-        esac
-    fi
-}
-
-if [ $BACKUP_LOCATION ]; then
-    check_for_valid_backup_location "$BACKUP_LOCATION"
-else
-    echo -e "${IRED}No BACKUP_LOCATION in $HOME/.config/update.conf specified${NO_COLOR}"
-    exit 1
-fi
-[[ $SECONDARY_BACKUP_LOCATION ]] && check_for_valid_backup_location "$SECONDARY_BACKUP_LOCATION"
-
 trap interrupt_function INT
 
 interrupt_function() {
@@ -52,6 +30,44 @@ help() {
     echo "--version      prints out the version number"
 }
 
+source "$HOME"/.config/update.conf || echo -e "${IRED}No config found${NO_COLOR}" || exit 1
+
+if [[ ${1:0:2} == \-\- ]]; then
+    case "${1:2}" in
+        help)
+            help ;;
+        preview)
+            "$PACMAN_WRAPPER" -Syy
+            "$PACMAN_WRAPPER" --query --upgrades
+            [[ -x /usr/bin/flatpak ]] && flatpak remote-ls --updates ;;
+        version)
+            echo "$VERSION" ;;
+        ?)
+            help; exit 1;;
+    esac
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+check_for_valid_backup_location() {
+    if [ ! -d $1 ]; then
+        echo -e "${IYELLOW}$1 doesn't exist${NO_COLOR}"
+        read -p "Do you want to create the path and continue? [y/N]" input
+        case $input in
+            [Yy]) mkdir --parents "$1" ;;
+            [Nn]) exit 0;;
+            * ) exit 0 ;;
+        esac
+    fi
+}
+
+if [ $BACKUP_LOCATION ]; then
+    check_for_valid_backup_location "$BACKUP_LOCATION"
+else
+    echo -e "${IRED}No BACKUP_LOCATION in $HOME/.config/update.conf specified${NO_COLOR}"
+    exit 1
+fi
+[[ $SECONDARY_BACKUP_LOCATION ]] && check_for_valid_backup_location "$SECONDARY_BACKUP_LOCATION"
+
 lock_pacman_db() {
     if [ -f /var/lib/pacman/db.lck ]; then
         echo -e "${IYELLOW}->${NO_COLOR} /var/lib/pacman/db.lck exists"
@@ -119,22 +135,6 @@ update() {
     fi
 }
 
-if [[ ${1:0:2} == \-\- ]]; then
-    case "${1:2}" in
-        help)
-            help ;;
-        preview)
-            "$PACMAN_WRAPPER" -Syy
-            "$PACMAN_WRAPPER" --query --upgrades
-            [[ -x /usr/bin/flatpak ]] && flatpak remote-ls --updates ;;
-        version)
-            echo "$VERSION" ;;
-        ?)
-            help; exit 1;;
-    esac
-    exit 0
-fi
-
 before_backup && echo -e "${IGREEN}before-backup complete${NO_COLOR}"
 update
 after_backup && echo -e "${IGREEN}after-backup complete${NO_COLOR}"