diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index e9510e6..51a1362 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1441,9 +1441,8 @@ check_recommends()
 	echo $Line
 	echo "You are using bash version: $( bash --version 2>&1 | awk 'BEGIN {IGNORECASE=1} /^GNU bash/ {print $4}' )"
 	echo $Line
-	echo "If one of these applications is missing, $SCRIPT_NAME cannot operate."
+	check_recommends_items 'required-dirs'echo "If one of these applications is missing, $SCRIPT_NAME cannot operate."
 	echo $Line
-	check_recommends_items 'required-dirs'
 	check_recommends_items 'required-apps'
 	echo 'Test Two: Script Recommends for Graphics features. If you do not use X these do not matter.'
 	echo "If one of these applications is missing, $SCRIPT_NAME will have incomplete output."