diff --git a/lib/files/getDestFile b/lib/files/getDestFile
index 6c9da04..5180c94 100644
--- a/lib/files/getDestFile
+++ b/lib/files/getDestFile
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ getDestFile() {
 		destfile="${filename##*/}"
 		destfile="${destfile%.*}"
 	fi
+	destfile=$(sanitizeFile "$destfile")
 	destfile=${destfile//$'\n'/::AtOM:NewLine:SQL:Inline::}
 	if (( ${destinationascii["$destination"]} ))
 	then
 		echo "$destfile" >&${toascii[1]}
 		read -r -u${toascii[0]} destfile
 	fi
-	destfile=$(sanitizeFile "$destfile")
 }