diff --git a/toys/checkextensions b/toys/checkextensions
index 2d33d7a..e68949c 100755
--- a/toys/checkextensions
+++ b/toys/checkextensions
@@ -123,15 +123,15 @@ renameFile() {
 	echo " -> ${filename%.*}$extension"
 	if ! (( pretend ))
 	then
-		mv						\
-			"${dest:+$dest/}$filename"			\
-			"${dest:+$dest/}${filename%.*}$extension"	\
 		if [[ $dest == '' ]]
 		then
 			table=destination_files
 		else
 			table=source_files
 		fi
+		mv							\
+			"${dest:+$dest/}$filename"			\
+			"${dest:+$dest/}${filename%.*}$extension"	\
 		&& Update $table filename "${filename%.*}$extension"<<-EOW
 			id = $fileid
 		EOW