diff --git a/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py b/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
index ba8a41c7f0c7092d770f0be8d1d360e7e918371d..75c020b22defc32eb9705c2fcf7484b257474d10 100644
--- a/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
+++ b/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
@@ -2220,6 +2220,10 @@ def tiles_info(filename):
 
 
 def analyze(preds_file, labels, prob_avg, test_file):
+
+    if preds_file is not None:
+        labels, prob_avg, cm_avg = pickle.load(open(preds_file, 'rb'))
+
     h5f = h5py.File(test_file, 'r')
     nda = h5f['flight_altitude'][:]
     iint = h5f['icing_intensity'][:]
@@ -2272,9 +2276,6 @@ def analyze(preds_file, labels, prob_avg, test_file):
     print('----------------------------------------------------------')
     print('----------------------------------------------------------')
 
-    if preds_file is not None:
-        labels, prob_avg, cm_avg = pickle.load(open(preds_file, 'rb'))
-
     preds = np.where(prob_avg > 0.5, 1, 0)
 
     true_ice = (labels == 1) & (preds == 1)