diff --git a/scripts/electron-package.sh b/scripts/electron-package.sh
index 6faad2bb25..1403b1b2ac 100755
--- a/scripts/electron-package.sh
+++ b/scripts/electron-package.sh
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ projdir=`pwd`
 builddir=`mktemp -d 2>/dev/null || mktemp -d -t 'buildtmp'`
 pushd "$builddir"
 
-# Figure out what version we're building
-vername=`jq -r .version package.json`
-
 git clone "$projdir" .
 git checkout "$version"
 
+# Figure out what version we're building
+vername=`jq -r .version package.json`
+
 if [ -n "$conffile" ]; then
     popd
     cp "$conffile" "$builddir/"