diff --git a/mcserver b/mcserver
index d8a03ff..57b8743 100755
--- a/mcserver
+++ b/mcserver
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ die () {
 	exit 1
 }
 
+_stop_and_wait () {
+	tmux send-keys -t "$TMUX_SESSION" -l "$code_clear" 'stop' "$code_send"
+	echo Waiting for session to exit...
+	while tmux has-session -t "$TMUX_SESSION" ; do
+		sleep 1
+	done
+}
+
+
 # directories
 mcserver_root="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-${HOME}/.local/share}/mcserver"
 instances_dir="$mcserver_root/instances"
@@ -46,15 +55,6 @@ source ./vars
 # override value defined in vars for compatibility with old servers
 TMUX_SESSION=mcserver-"$instance"
 
-_stop_and_wait () {
-	tmux send-keys -t "$TMUX_SESSION" -l "$code_clear" 'stop' "$code_send"
-	echo Waiting for session to exit...
-	while tmux has-session -t "$TMUX_SESSION" ; do
-		sleep 1
-	done
-}
-
-
 case "$cmd" in
 	stop) _stop_and_wait ;;
 	command) tmux send-keys -t "$TMUX_SESSION" -l "$code_clear" "$*" "$code_send" ;;