diff --git a/util/checkpoints.pl b/util/checkpoints.pl
index be6bf28be..910f0abae 100755
--- a/util/checkpoints.pl
+++ b/util/checkpoints.pl
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ use strict;
 # Generate checkpoint data for use in src/chainparams.cpp
 my $perday  = 1152;
 my $cli     = "./src/hush-cli";
-my $gethash = "$cli getblockhash";
 my $stride  = shift || 1000;
 if ($stride =~ m/help/) {
     print "To generate checkpoint data every 1000 blocks: $0 &> checkpoints.txt\n";
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ if ($acname) {
     $perday = 1440;
 }
 
-
+my $gethash = "$cli getblockhash";
 my $count   = 0;
 my $blocks  = qx{$cli getblockcount};
 if($?) {