diff --git a/src/com/yahoo/platform/yui/compressor/YUICompressor.java b/src/com/yahoo/platform/yui/compressor/YUICompressor.java
index 57643f2..c6b028a 100644
--- a/src/com/yahoo/platform/yui/compressor/YUICompressor.java
+++ b/src/com/yahoo/platform/yui/compressor/YUICompressor.java
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ public static void main(String args[]) {
                 System.exit(1);
             }
 
+            boolean munge = parser.getOptionValue(nomungeOpt) == null;
+            boolean preserveAllSemiColons = parser.getOptionValue(preserveSemiOpt) != null;
+            boolean disableOptimizations = parser.getOptionValue(disableOptimizationsOpt) != null;
+
             String[] fileArgs = parser.getRemainingArgs();
             java.util.List files = java.util.Arrays.asList(fileArgs);
             if (files.isEmpty()) {
@@ -165,10 +169,6 @@ public EvaluatorException runtimeError(String message, String sourceName,
                                 out = new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(outputFilename), charset);
                             }
 
-                            boolean munge = parser.getOptionValue(nomungeOpt) == null;
-                            boolean preserveAllSemiColons = parser.getOptionValue(preserveSemiOpt) != null;
-                            boolean disableOptimizations = parser.getOptionValue(disableOptimizationsOpt) != null;
-
                             compressor.compress(out, linebreakpos, munge, verbose,
                                     preserveAllSemiColons, disableOptimizations);