diff --git a/src/freedombone b/src/freedombone
index 9c57635b..39f754a5 100755
--- a/src/freedombone
+++ b/src/freedombone
@@ -4778,9 +4778,9 @@ function time_synchronisation {
   echo 'BACKWARDS_BETWEEN=0' >> /usr/bin/updatedate
   echo '# If the date was previously set' >> /usr/bin/updatedate
   echo 'if [ -s "$BEFORE_DATE_FILE" ]; then' >> /usr/bin/updatedate
-  echo '    BEFORE_FILE=$(cat $BEFORE_DATE_FILE)' >> /usr/bin/updatedate
   echo '    filesize=$(wc -c "$BEFORE_DATE_FILE" | cut -f 1 -d " ")' >> /usr/bin/updatedate
   echo '    if [ $filesize -ge 5 ]; then' >> /usr/bin/updatedate
+  echo '        BEFORE_FILE=$(cat $BEFORE_DATE_FILE)' >> /usr/bin/updatedate
   echo '        BEFORE_FULLDATE=$(cat $BEFORE_FULLDATE_FILE)' >> /usr/bin/updatedate
   echo '        # is the date going backwards?' >> /usr/bin/updatedate
   echo '        if (( $BEFORE_FILE > $BEFORE )); then' >> /usr/bin/updatedate