diff --git a/java/org/slub/rosetta/dps/repository/plugin/SLUBRetroMonographieTIFFFormatValidationPlugin.java b/java/org/slub/rosetta/dps/repository/plugin/SLUBRetroMonographieTIFFFormatValidationPlugin.java
index 1caf7dcaa6ed0d70af16cfabc16476ab8a7bdfc9..40340fe5f4c89ed115c1b604af0cc7f1cdf15b05 100644
--- a/java/org/slub/rosetta/dps/repository/plugin/SLUBRetroMonographieTIFFFormatValidationPlugin.java
+++ b/java/org/slub/rosetta/dps/repository/plugin/SLUBRetroMonographieTIFFFormatValidationPlugin.java
@@ -125,10 +125,10 @@ public class SLUBRetroMonographieTIFFFormatValidationPlugin implements FormatVal
     }
 
     private void validate_tiff_by_checkit_tiff_version(String filePath, Checkit_tiff_versions version) {
+        String execstring = this.checkit_tiff_binary_path.get(version) + " -q " + this.checkit_tiff_config_path.get(version) + " " + filePath ;
+        log.info("executing: " + execstring);
         InputStreamReader process_out;
         try {
-            String execstring = this.checkit_tiff_binary_path.get(version) + " -q " + this.checkit_tiff_config_path.get(version) + " " + filePath ;
-            log.info("executing: " + execstring);
             Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(execstring);
             p.waitFor();
             process_out = new InputStreamReader(p.getInputStream());
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ public class SLUBRetroMonographieTIFFFormatValidationPlugin implements FormatVal
             }
             BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(process_out);
             String line = reader.readLine();
-
             while (line != null) {
                 System.out.println(line);
                 validationLog.add(line + System.lineSeparator());