diff --git a/docs/content/install.sh b/docs/content/install.sh
index 302882d82..075e6deef 100755
--- a/docs/content/install.sh
+++ b/docs/content/install.sh
@@ -193,12 +193,12 @@ case "$OS" in
     exit 2
 esac
 
-#cleanup
-rm -rf "$tmp_dir"
-
 #update version variable post install
 version=$(rclone --version 2>>errors | head -n 1)
 
+#cleanup
+rm -rf "$tmp_dir"
+
 printf "\n${version} has successfully installed."
 printf '\nNow run "rclone config" for setup. Check https://rclone.org/docs/ for more details.\n\n'
 exit 0