diff --git a/scripts/upgrade b/scripts/upgrade
index 21319ca..d217de6 100644
--- a/scripts/upgrade
+++ b/scripts/upgrade
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ PULLCOMMANDS
 
 # Switch branch to tagged release
 cd $final_path/live
-sudo su - $app <<SWITCHCOMMANDS
-pushd ~/live
 url=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/latest | sort -r | head -1 | cut -d\" -f4)
 version=$(echo $url | cut -d/ -f8)
+sudo su - $app <<SWITCHCOMMANDS
+pushd ~/live
 git checkout $version
 SWITCHCOMMANDS