diff --git a/kiss b/kiss
index eabc0ac..987497a 100755
--- a/kiss
+++ b/kiss
@@ -1550,9 +1550,6 @@ main() {
     # Check this once so as to not slow down printing.
     [ "$KISS_COLOR" = 0 ] || lcol='\033[1;33m' lcol2='\033[1;36m' lclr='\033[m'
 
-    # Set the location to the repository and package database.
-    pkg_db=var/db/kiss/installed
-
     # The PID of the current shell process is used to isolate directories
     # to each specific KISS instance. This allows multiple package manager
     # instances to be run at once. Store the value in another variable so
@@ -1584,9 +1581,9 @@ main() {
     # some operations if left unchecked.
     KISS_ROOT=${KISS_ROOT%/}
 
-    # Define this variable but don't create its directory structure from the
-    # get go. It will be created as needed by package installation.
+    # Define some paths which we will then use throughout the script.
     sys_db=$KISS_ROOT/$pkg_db
+    pkg_db=var/db/kiss/installed
 
     # This allows for automatic setup of a KISS chroot and will
     # do nothing on a normal system.