diff --git a/yt b/yt
index b97a5c0..d7e45f3 100755
--- a/yt
+++ b/yt
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@
 
 set -e
 
+argv0="$0"
+com="$1"
+
+cachefile="$XDG_CACHE_HOME/yt.cache"
+FMT='%(title)s – %(channel)s (%(duration>%H:%M:%S)s) [%(webpage_url)s]'
+WBAPI='https://archive.org/wayback/available?url='
+
 add() { # adds a video to a playlist file
 	while test -n "$2"; do
 		if test -z "$(sed -n ";$1;p" "$2")"
@@ -164,13 +171,6 @@ verify() { # replaces videos with archived versions if they are not available
 	done
 }
 
-argv0="$0"
-com="$1"
-
-cachefile="$XDG_CACHE_HOME/yt.cache"
-FMT='%(title)s – %(channel)s (%(duration>%H:%M:%S)s) [%(webpage_url)s]'
-WBAPI='https://archive.org/wayback/available?url='
-
 if test -n "$DEBUG"; then
 	set -x
 fi