diff --git a/fisher.fish b/fisher.fish
index e19ba95..1880a32 100644
--- a/fisher.fish
+++ b/fisher.fish
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ function fisher
         return 1
     end
 
+    set -l completions "$fish_config/completions/fisher.fish"
+
+    if test ! -e "$completions"
+        __fisher_completions_write > "$completions"
+        source "$completions"
+    end
+
     set -g __fisher_stdout /dev/stdout
     set -g __fisher_stderr /dev/stderr
 
@@ -266,13 +273,6 @@ function fisher
             end
         end
     end
-
-    set -l completions "$fish_config/completions/fisher.fish"
-
-    if test ! -e "$completions"
-        __fisher_completions_write > "$completions"
-        source "$completions"
-    end
 end
 
 function __fisher_install