diff --git a/lib/api/source/sync.php b/lib/api/source/sync.php
index 2b8b045..472954b 100755
--- a/lib/api/source/sync.php
+++ b/lib/api/source/sync.php
@@ -113,10 +113,13 @@
 		curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
 		$response = curl_exec($curl);
 
-		/* (2) Close request */
+		/* (2) Save response to file */
+		file_put_contents(TMP_DIR.'/api.response', $response);
+
+		/* (3) Close request */
 		curl_close($curl);
 
-		/* (3) Return response as result */
+		/* (4) Return response as result */
 		if( $response === false ){
 			slog("Request error", 'api:sync','update');
 			return 127;
@@ -141,10 +144,6 @@
 		}
 
 
-		/* (3) Writes request to temporary pipe */
-		file_put_contents(TMP_DIR.'/api.response', $response);
-
-
 		/* [7] Decrement cyclic-hash so request has ran successfully
 		=========================================================*/
 		/* (1) Decrement the hash */
diff --git a/lib/api/source/update.php b/lib/api/source/update.php
index ab92e5c..1e159b6 100755
--- a/lib/api/source/update.php
+++ b/lib/api/source/update.php
@@ -97,10 +97,13 @@
 		curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
 		$response = curl_exec($curl);
 
-		/* (2) Close request */
+		/* (2) Save response to file */
+		file_put_contents(TMP_DIR.'/api.response', $response);
+
+		/* (3) Close request */
 		curl_close($curl);
 
-		/* (3) Return response as result */
+		/* (4) Return response as result */
 		if( $response === false ){
 			slog("Request error", 'api:update','update');
 			return 127;
@@ -123,9 +126,6 @@
 			return 127;
 		}
 
-		/* (3) Writes request to temporary pipe */
-		file_put_contents(TMP_DIR.'/api.response', $response);
-
 
 		/* [7] Decrement cyclic-hash so request has ran successfully
 		=========================================================*/