diff --git a/update_mongo.py b/update_mongo.py
index 876ff7a..e76913c 100755
--- a/update_mongo.py
+++ b/update_mongo.py
@@ -252,18 +252,11 @@ def main() -> int:
         "select seriesid, timestamp from updates.tvupdates order by seriesid",
         lprint
     )
-    print(f"Saving previous update to file.")
+    print(f"Saving previous updates to file.")
     with open(f"{previous_updates_file}", 'w') as pjf:
         for pl in previouslisting:
             pjf.write(f"{pl[0]}: {pl[1]}\n")
     pjf.close()
-    print(f"Updating update table.")
-    dbExec.update_tvupdates(
-        dbengine["engine"],
-        downloaded_updates_dict,
-        "updates.tvupdates"
-    )
-    print("update complete.")
     # convert previouslisting (list of tuples) into a dict: row_id -> country_name
     try:
         _previouslisting_list = previouslisting
@@ -289,7 +282,14 @@ def main() -> int:
     for line in skipfile:
         field = line.split(';')
         skip_ids[field[0]] =  field[1]
-    print(f"Processing {len(downloaded_updates_dict)} downloaded updates against {len(previous_listing_dict)} previous listings for files needed.")
+    print(f"Updating update table.")
+    dbExec.update_tvupdates(
+        dbengine["engine"],
+        downloaded_updates_dict,
+        "updates.tvupdates"
+    )
+    print("update complete.")
+    print(f"Processing {len(downloaded_updates_dict)} downloaded updates against {len(previous_listing_dict)} previous updates for files needed.")
     for seriesid, ts in downloaded_updates_dict.items():
         if seriesid in previous_listing_dict:
             prev_ts = previous_listing_dict[seriesid]