diff --git a/lib/solaar/gtk.py b/lib/solaar/gtk.py
index 45357afa5..65ff13b9e 100755
--- a/lib/solaar/gtk.py
+++ b/lib/solaar/gtk.py
@@ -162,10 +162,11 @@ def main():
         temp.close()
         return
     if args.action:
+        # if any argument, run comandline and exit
+        result = cli.run(args.action, args.hidraw_path)
         # explicit close before return
         temp.close()
-        # if any argument, run comandline and exit
-        return cli.run(args.action, args.hidraw_path)
+        return result
 
     gi = _require("gi", "python3-gi (in Ubuntu) or python3-gobject (in Fedora)")
     _require("gi.repository.Gtk", "gir1.2-gtk-3.0", gi, "Gtk", "3.0")