diff --git a/src/lib/file.cpp b/src/lib/file.cpp
index 4794fd6..216077f 100644
--- a/src/lib/file.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/file.cpp
@@ -61,10 +61,6 @@ bool File::eof() {
 }
 
 ErrorOr<uint8_t> File::readByte(){
-    uint8_t* nextPointer = new uint8_t;
-    uint8_t nextByte;
-    bool failure = false;
-
     if (!this->isOpen) {
         return ErrorOr<uint8_t>(true, ErrorCodes::FILE_NOT_OPEN);
     }
@@ -72,6 +68,10 @@ ErrorOr<uint8_t> File::readByte(){
         return ErrorOr<uint8_t>(true, ErrorCodes::OVERRUN);
     }
 
+    uint8_t* nextPointer = new uint8_t;
+    uint8_t nextByte;
+    bool failure = false;
+
     try {
         this->fileStream.seekg(this->cursorPosition);
         this->fileStream.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(nextPointer), 1);
@@ -87,10 +87,6 @@ ErrorOr<uint8_t> File::readByte(){
 }
 
 ErrorOr<std::vector<uint8_t>> File::read(uint64_t bytes){
-    uint8_t* buffer = new uint8_t[bytes];
-    std::vector<uint8_t> data;
-    bool failure = false;
-
     if (!this->isOpen) {
         return ErrorOr<std::vector<uint8_t>>(true, ErrorCodes::FILE_NOT_OPEN);
     }
@@ -98,6 +94,10 @@ ErrorOr<std::vector<uint8_t>> File::read(uint64_t bytes){
         return ErrorOr<std::vector<uint8_t>>(true, ErrorCodes::OVERRUN);
     }
 
+    uint8_t* buffer = new uint8_t[bytes];
+    std::vector<uint8_t> data;
+    bool failure = false;
+
     try {
         this->fileStream.seekg(this->cursorPosition);
         this->fileStream.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(buffer), bytes);