diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 5da29b5..fd6cf53 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 ########################################################################
 ####  Script Name: inxi
-####  version: 0.8.8
+####  version: 0.8.9
 ####  Date: December 14 2008
 ########################################################################
 ####  inxi is a fork of infobash 3.02, the original bash sys info script by locsmif
@@ -2712,10 +2712,6 @@ set_calculated_variables
 ## this needs to run before the KONVI stuff is set below
 get_start_client
 
-# "$@" passes every parameter separately quoted, "$*" passes all parameters as one quoted parameter.
-# must be here to allow debugger and other flags to be set.
-get_parameters "$@"
-
 # Check for dependencies before running anything else except above functions
 check_script_depends
 
@@ -2743,6 +2739,10 @@ fi
 # 	print_screen_output "DCSERVER: $DCSERVER"
 # 	print_screen_output "DCTARGET: $DCTARGET"
 
+# "$@" passes every parameter separately quoted, "$*" passes all parameters as one quoted parameter.
+# must be here to allow debugger and other flags to be set.
+get_parameters "$@"
+
 # If no colorscheme was set in the parameter handling routine, then set the default scheme
 if [[ $COLOR_SCHEME_SET != 'true' ]];then
 	set_color_scheme "$DEFAULT_SCHEME"