diff --git a/screenshot-spmenu b/screenshot-spmenu
index d1fedc8..85b006c 100755
--- a/screenshot-spmenu
+++ b/screenshot-spmenu
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ No arguments will print this help.
 EOF
 }
 
+rm -f /tmp/screenshot*
+
 # check arguments
 case "$1" in
     "") print_help; exit 0 ;;
@@ -137,5 +139,3 @@ case "$u_i" in
     "") rm -f "/tmp/screenshot*"; exit 0 ;;
     *) print_help "$@"; exit 0 ;;
 esac
-
-rm -f /tmp/screenshot*