diff --git a/sftp-into-eye b/sftp-into-eye
index db8de88..1d3ef06 100755
--- a/sftp-into-eye
+++ b/sftp-into-eye
@@ -26,8 +26,12 @@ while read i; do
 	echo $i
 
 	eye_path=$(path-to-eye-path "$i" | sed -r "s,$HOME/stash/,,g")
-	file_id=$(es x info -- "$i" | jq .id)
-	size=$(es x info -- "$i" | jq .size)
+	info=$(es x info -- "$i")
+	file_id=$(echo "$info" | jq .id)
+	size=$(echo "$info" | jq .size)
+
+	# If already in namedfiles i.e. the-eye, skip
+	echo "$info" | rg -q -F '"type": "namedfiles"' && continue || true
 
 	is_video=0
 	echo -n "$i" | rg -q '\.(mp4|webm|flv|video)$' && is_video=1 || true
@@ -39,9 +43,6 @@ while read i; do
 		the_eye_video_files_saved=1
 	fi
 
-	# If already in namedfiles i.e. the-eye, skip
-	es x info -- "$i" | rg -q -F '"type": "namedfiles"' && continue || true
-
 	# This is mostly a demo which adds it to ceph over SFTP with `rclone`;
 	# ideally we instead have the `es x get -s -- "$i"` step putting it directly into ceph.
 	(