diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 51e4d33..48fdf15 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -25,20 +25,18 @@ var forge *forgepb.Forge
 var configSave bool
 
 func main() {
-	var check *gitpb.Repo
+	log.Info("go-mod-clean version", VERSION, "built on", BUILDTIME)
 
 	// command line parsing & handling
 	prep.Bash(ARGNAME, argv.DoAutoComplete) // todo: make this: prep.Bash(argv)
 	pp = arg.MustParse(&argv)
 
-	log.Info("go-mod-clean version", VERSION, "built on", BUILDTIME)
-
 	// read in forge info
 	cfg := configInit()
 	forge = forgepb.InitFromConfig(cfg)
 
 	// figure out what directory we are running in
-	check = findPwdRepo()
+	check := findPwdRepo()
 	if check == nil {
 		log.Info("this directory isn't in a golang project (not in ~/go/src nor a go.work file)")
 		badExit(nil, nil)