diff --git a/s3/s3_backup.sh b/s3/s3_backup.sh
index dc38298..fef6213 100755
--- a/s3/s3_backup.sh
+++ b/s3/s3_backup.sh
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ tmp_pass="/root/pass.txt"
 # Create the unencrypted copy directory
 log "Clearing old unencrypted data"
 
-find "$unencrypted_copy/" -type f -delete
 log "Creating unencrypted directory"
 mkdir -p "$unencrypted_copy"
+find "$unencrypted_copy/" -type f -delete
+
 log "Copy data"
 
 cp --verbose -a "$basedir/." "$unencrypted_copy"
@@ -27,10 +28,11 @@ log "Removing duplicate files"
 fdupes -qdiN -r "$unencrypted_copy"
 log "Clearing old encrypted data"
 
-find "$baseEncryptDir/" -type f -delete
 # Create the encrypted backup directory
 log "Creating encrypted backup directory"
 mkdir -p "$baseEncryptDir"
+find "$baseEncryptDir/" -type f -delete
+
 # Write the encryption password to a file
 log "Writing encryption password to file"
 touch "$tmp_pass"
@@ -94,4 +96,4 @@ done
 # Send a notification using the s3_notify_uptime_kuma.sh script
 if ! /s3_notify_uptime_kuma.sh; then
   log "Failed to send notification"
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi