diff --git a/inbox.py b/inbox.py
index 3efa7bda5..9a7ccd63f 100644
--- a/inbox.py
+++ b/inbox.py
@@ -999,17 +999,18 @@ def inboxAfterCapabilities(session,keyId: str,handle: str,messageJson: {}, \
 
     if debug:
         print('DEBUG: object capabilities passed')
-        print('copy from '+queueFilename+' to '+destinationFilename)
+        print('copy queue file from '+queueFilename+' to '+destinationFilename)
+
+    if messageJson.get('postNickname'):
+        with open(destinationFilename, 'w+') as fp:
+            commentjson.dump(messageJson['post'], fp, indent=4, sort_keys=False)
+    else:
+        with open(destinationFilename, 'w+') as fp:
+            commentjson.dump(messageJson, fp, indent=4, sort_keys=False)
 
     if not os.path.isfile(destinationFilename):
         return False
 
-    if messageJson.get('postNickname'):
-        with open(destinationFilename, 'w') as fp:
-            commentjson.dump(messageJson['post'], fp, indent=4, sort_keys=False)
-    else:
-        with open(destinationFilename, 'w') as fp:
-            commentjson.dump(messageJson, fp, indent=4, sort_keys=False)
     return True
 
 def restoreQueueItems(baseDir: str,queue: []) -> None: