diff --git a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/download/hls/MergedFfmpegHlsDownload.java b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/download/hls/MergedFfmpegHlsDownload.java
index e242f82e..4343e52e 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/download/hls/MergedFfmpegHlsDownload.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/download/hls/MergedFfmpegHlsDownload.java
@@ -81,10 +81,11 @@ public class MergedFfmpegHlsDownload extends AbstractHlsDownload {
             super.startTime = Instant.now();
             splitRecStartTime = ZonedDateTime.now();
 
+            String segments = getSegmentPlaylistUrl(model);
+
             Files.createDirectories(targetFile.getParentFile().toPath());
             startFfmpegProcess(targetFile);
 
-            String segments = getSegmentPlaylistUrl(model);
             downloadSegments(segments, true);
             ffmpegThread.join();
         } catch (ParseException e) {