diff --git a/backend/web/landing/www/install.py b/backend/web/landing/www/install.py
index fdb781f..1aae2ca 100644
--- a/backend/web/landing/www/install.py
+++ b/backend/web/landing/www/install.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ cmd = tmpFilePath + ' install'
 if os.environ.get('HISHTORY_OFFLINE'):
     cmd += " --offline"
 exitCode = os.system(cmd)
+os.remove(tmpFilePath)
 if exitCode != 0:
     raise Exception("failed to install downloaded hishtory client via `" + tmpFilePath +" install` (is that directory mounted noexec? Consider setting an alternate directory via the TMPDIR environment variable)!")
-os.remove(tmpFilePath)
 print('Succesfully installed hishtory! Open a new terminal, try running a command, and then running `hishtory query`.')