diff --git a/gui/bitmapLoader.py b/gui/bitmapLoader.py
index 9ebfab114..05e3725f5 100644
--- a/gui/bitmapLoader.py
+++ b/gui/bitmapLoader.py
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ except ImportError:
 
 class BitmapLoader(object):
     try:
-        logging.info("Using zipped image files.")
         archive = zipfile.ZipFile(config.getPyfaPath('imgs.zip'), 'r')
+        logging.info("Using zipped image files.")
     except IOError:
         logging.info("Using local image files.")
         archive = None