diff --git a/src/postbuild.mjs b/src/postbuild.mjs
index 233b3e3..ff20b87 100644
--- a/src/postbuild.mjs
+++ b/src/postbuild.mjs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ async function recFindByExt(base,ext,files,result)
 
 // outputs array of supported locales
 async function createLocalizationJSON() {
+    xliffToJSON.convert('src/assets/i18n');
     const files = await recFindByExt(path.join('src', 'assets', 'i18n'), 'json');
     const locales = [];
 
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@ async function createLocalizationJSON() {
         locales.push(file_parts[1]);
     }
 
-    xliffToJSON.convert('src/assets/i18n');
     fs.unlinkSync('src/assets/i18n/messages.en.json');
     fs.writeJSONSync('src/assets/i18n/supported_locales.json', {supported_locales: locales});
 }