diff --git a/cipherscan b/cipherscan
index 21d52c6..b80d347 100755
--- a/cipherscan
+++ b/cipherscan
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@
 
 DOBENCHMARK=0
 BENCHMARKITER=30
+
+# cipherscan requires bash4, which doesn't come by default in OSX
+if [[ ${BASH_VERSINFO[0]} -lt 4 ]]; then
+    echo "Bash version 4 is required to run cipherscan."
+    echo "Please upgrade your version of bash (ex: brew install bash)."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 DIRNAMEPATH=$(dirname "$0")
 REALPATH="$DIRNAMEPATH"
 # make sure this doesn't error out when readlink -f isn't available (OSX)
@@ -25,13 +33,6 @@ if ! [[ $OPENSSLBINHELP =~ -connect ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# cipherscan requires bash4, which doesn't come by default in OSX
-if [[ ${BASH_VERSINFO[0]} -lt 4 ]]; then
-    echo "Bash version 4 is required to run cipherscan."
-    echo "Please upgrade your version of bash (ex: brew install bash)."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 # test that timeout or gtimeout (darwin) are present
 TIMEOUTBIN="$(which timeout)"