diff --git a/atom b/atom
index 868a925..6a33755 100755
--- a/atom
+++ b/atom
@@ -1603,6 +1603,37 @@ updateMimes
 
 removeObsoleteFiles
 
+echo '
+	SELECT	id,
+		filename
+	FROM	destination_files
+	WHERE	source_file_id is NULL;
+
+	SELECT "AtOM:NoMoreFiles";
+' >&3
+
+deleted=0
+removed=0
+read -u4 line
+until [[ $line == AtOM:NoMoreFiles ]]
+do
+	id=${line%|*}
+	filename=${line#*|}
+	if [ -n "$filename" ]
+	then
+		if rm -f "$filename"
+		then
+			Delete destination_files <<<"id = $id"
+			(( ++deleted ))
+		fi
+	else
+		Delete destination_files <<<"id = $id"
+		(( ++removed ))
+	fi
+	read -u4 line
+done
+echo "Suppressed $deleted files, $removed removed from database"
+
 # get files
 for reader in "${tagreaders[@]}"
 do
@@ -2066,37 +2097,6 @@ endtime=$(date +%s)
 echo -e	"\rRan $taskcount tasks, $failed of which failed, in $days"	\
 	"days, $hours hours, $minutes minutes and $seconds seconds."
 
-echo '
-	SELECT	id,
-		filename
-	FROM	destination_files
-	WHERE	source_file_id is NULL;
-
-	SELECT "AtOM:NoMoreFiles";
-' >&3
-
-deleted=0
-removed=0
-read -u4 line
-until [[ $line == AtOM:NoMoreFiles ]]
-do
-	id=${line%|*}
-	filename=${line#*|}
-	if [ -n "$filename" ]
-	then
-		if rm -f "$filename"
-		then
-			Delete destination_files <<<"id = $id"
-			(( ++deleted ))
-		fi
-	else
-		Delete destination_files <<<"id = $id"
-		(( ++removed ))
-	fi
-	read -u4 line
-done
-echo "Suppressed $deleted files, $removed removed from database"
-
 echo "Purging empty directories."
 for path in "${destinationpath[@]}"
 do