diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/App.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/App.java
index 73e0bb66..1952fdda 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/App.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/App.java
@@ -169,6 +169,12 @@ public class App {
             Utils.setConfigBoolean("errors.skip404", true);
         }
 
+        //Destination directory
+        if (cl.hasOption('l')) {
+            // change the default rips directory
+            Utils.setConfigString("rips.directory", cl.getOptionValue('l'));
+        }
+        
         //Re-rip <i>all</i> previous albums
         if (cl.hasOption('r')) {
             // Re-rip all via command-line
@@ -245,12 +251,6 @@ public class App {
             System.exit(-1);
         }
 
-        //Destination directory
-        if (cl.hasOption('l')) {
-            // change the default rips directory
-            Utils.setConfigString("rips.directory", cl.getOptionValue('l'));
-        }
-
         //Read URLs from File
         if (cl.hasOption('f')) {
             String filename = cl.getOptionValue('f');