diff --git a/SparkleLib/SparkleFetcherBase.cs b/SparkleLib/SparkleFetcherBase.cs
index 2be441c8..440c0e44 100755
--- a/SparkleLib/SparkleFetcherBase.cs
+++ b/SparkleLib/SparkleFetcherBase.cs
@@ -240,6 +240,8 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
             // WaitForExit, or it will hang forever on output > 4096 bytes
             string fingerprint = process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd ().Trim ();
             process.WaitForExit ();
+            
+            File.Delete (tmp_file_path);
 
             try {
                 fingerprint = fingerprint.Substring (fingerprint.IndexOf (" ") + 1, 47);
@@ -249,8 +251,6 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
                 return null;
             }
 
-            File.Delete (tmp_file_path);
-
             return fingerprint;
         }