diff --git a/local/dfm/lib/common.sh b/local/dfm/lib/common.sh
index 048755a..3233375 100644
--- a/local/dfm/lib/common.sh
+++ b/local/dfm/lib/common.sh
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ declare -A LOG_LEVELS=(
   [WARN]=2
   [ERROR]=3
 )
-LOG_LEVEL="${LOG_LEVEL:-INFO}"
-if [[ -z "${LOG_LEVELS[$LOG_LEVEL]+_}" ]]; then
-  lib::error "Invalid LOG_LEVEL: $LOG_LEVEL"
-  exit "${ERROR_CODES[INVALID_ARGUMENT]}"
-fi
 
 # Simple logging function
 #
@@ -78,6 +73,12 @@ lib::error()
   printf '[%s] ERROR: %s\n' "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')" "$*" >&2
 }
 
+LOG_LEVEL="${LOG_LEVEL:-INFO}"
+if [[ -z "${LOG_LEVELS[$LOG_LEVEL]+_}" ]]; then
+  lib::error "Invalid LOG_LEVEL: $LOG_LEVEL"
+  exit "${ERROR_CODES[INVALID_ARGUMENT]}"
+fi
+
 # Handle an error by logging an error message to the console
 # and exiting with an error code based on the error type.
 #