diff --git a/source/tegraexplorer/io.c b/source/tegraexplorer/io.c
index b503595..56e4b0e 100644
--- a/source/tegraexplorer/io.c
+++ b/source/tegraexplorer/io.c
@@ -240,9 +240,6 @@ int copy_recursive(char *path, char *dstpath){
     }
     
     f_closedir(&dir);
-    free(startpath);
-    free(destpath);
-    free(destfoldername);
     
     if (f_stat(startpath, &fno))
         return 22;
@@ -250,6 +247,9 @@ int copy_recursive(char *path, char *dstpath){
     if ((res = f_chmod(destpath, fno.fattrib, 0x3A)))
         return res;
     
+    free(startpath);
+    free(destpath);
+    free(destfoldername);
 
     return 0;
 }
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