diff --git a/media.py b/media.py
index ecbb986fa..a84d5daaf 100644
--- a/media.py
+++ b/media.py
@@ -158,19 +158,19 @@ def spoofGeolocation(baseDir: str,
             (distanceFromCityCenter, angleRadians) = \
                 _getCityPulse(currTimeAdjusted, doppelgangerSeed)
             # Get the position within the city, with some randomness added
-            fraction = randint(0, 100000) / 100000
             latitude += \
                 distanceFromCityCenter * cityRadius * math.cos(angleRadians)
             # add a small amount of variance around the location
+            fraction = randint(0, 100000) / 100000
             latitude += (fraction * fraction * variance) - (variance / 2.0)
             # gps locations aren't transcendental, so round to a fixed
             # number of decimal places
             latitude = int(latitude * 10000) / 10000.0
 
-            fraction = randint(0, 100000) / 100000
             longitude += \
                 distanceFromCityCenter * cityRadius * math.sin(angleRadians)
             # add a small amount of variance around the location
+            fraction = randint(0, 100000) / 100000
             longitude += (fraction * fraction * variance) - (variance / 2.0)
             # gps locations aren't transcendental, so round to a fixed
             # number of decimal places