diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 09a10e4..677d328 100644
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+echo "Updating CouchPotato git repository..."
+git pull
+
 if [[ -n "${VERSION}" ]]
 then
     echo "Checking out SABnzbd version '${VERSION}'..."
     git checkout ${VERSION}
 fi
 
-echo "Updating CouchPotato..."
-git pull
-
 CONFIG=${CONFIG:-/datadir/config.ini}
 echo "Starting CouchPotato with config '${CONFIG}'..."
 exec ./CouchPotato.py --data_dir=/datadir --config_file=${CONFIG}