diff --git a/.circleci/update_docs.sh b/.circleci/update_docs.sh
index 374213b2..d5e646dc 100755
--- a/.circleci/update_docs.sh
+++ b/.circleci/update_docs.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 set -ex
 
+git config user.name "lazydocker bot"
+git config user.email "jessedduffield@gmail.com"
+
+git checkout master # just making sure we're up to date
+git pull
+
 # see if we have a new cheatsheet
 # if other docs end up being generated automatically we can chuck in the relevant scripts here
 go run scripts/generate_cheatsheet.go
@@ -14,11 +20,6 @@ fi
 
 echo "committing updated docs"
 
-git config user.name "lazydocker bot"
-git config user.email "jessedduffield@gmail.com"
-
-git checkout master # just making sure we're up to date
-git pull
 git add docs/*
 git commit -m "update docs"
 git push -u origin master
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