diff --git a/src/freedombone-rmuser b/src/freedombone-rmuser
index e3fcdc97..2cce8162 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-rmuser
+++ b/src/freedombone-rmuser
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ PROJECT_NAME='freedombone'
 export TEXTDOMAIN=${PROJECT_NAME}-rmuser
 export TEXTDOMAINDIR="/usr/share/locale"
 
-MY_USERNAME=$1
 COMPLETION_FILE=$HOME/${PROJECT_NAME}-completed.txt
 
 UTILS_FILES=/usr/share/${PROJECT_NAME}/utils/${PROJECT_NAME}-utils-*
@@ -49,6 +48,8 @@ do
     source $f
 done
 
+MY_USERNAME=$1
+
 if [ ! $MY_USERNAME ]; then
     echo $'Please specify a username to remove'
     exit 1