diff --git a/bin/cdist-build-explorer b/bin/cdist-build-explorer
index 1ccc9df7..48ea38c8 100755
--- a/bin/cdist-build-explorer
+++ b/bin/cdist-build-explorer
@@ -25,15 +25,15 @@ find "${CDIST_LIBDIR}" -type f -name cdist_explore\*.sh > "${CDIST_TMP}"
 
 # first load all functions
 while read funcfull; do
-   sh="${funcfull##*/}"
-   func="${sh%.sh}"
-   var="__$func"
-
    cat "${funcfull}"
 done < "${CDIST_TMP}"
 
 # then execute functions
 while read funcfull; do
+   sh="${funcfull##*/}"
+   func="${sh%.sh}"
+   var="__$func"
+
    echo "$var=\"\$($func)\""
    echo "echo $var=\\\"\$$var\\\""
 done < "${CDIST_TMP}"