diff --git a/scan.php b/scan.php
index 74f3a56..d54dbc4 100644
--- a/scan.php
+++ b/scan.php
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ class MalwareScanner
 
     public function __construct()
     {
-        $options = getopt('he:i:kwxd:lv', array('help', 'extension:', 'ignore:', 'hide-ok', 'hide-whitelist', 'extra-check', 'directory:', 'follow-symlink', 'verbose'));
+	$this->patterns_raw  = $this->loadPatterns(dirname(__FILE__) . '/patterns_raw.txt');
+	$this->patterns_iraw = $this->loadPatterns(dirname(__FILE__) . '/patterns_iraw.txt');
+	$this->patterns_re   = $this->loadPatterns(dirname(__FILE__) . '/patterns_re.txt');
+        
+	$options = getopt('he:i:kwxd:lv', array('help', 'extension:', 'ignore:', 'hide-ok', 'hide-whitelist', 'extra-check', 'directory:', 'follow-symlink', 'verbose'));
         if (isset($options['help']) || isset($options['h'])) {
             $this->showHelp();
             exit;
@@ -174,9 +178,6 @@ class MalwareScanner
         $found = false;
         $hash  = '';
         $toSearch = '';
-        $this->patterns_raw  = $this->loadPatterns(dirname(__FILE__) . '/patterns_raw.txt');
-	$this->patterns_iraw = $this->loadPatterns(dirname(__FILE__) . '/patterns_iraw.txt');
-	$this->patterns_re   = $this->loadPatterns(dirname(__FILE__) . '/patterns_re.txt');
 	    
         if ($this->extraCheck) {
             array_push($this->patterns_raw, "googleBot", "htaccess");