still have custom if request fails

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/webAO/client/fetchLists.ts b/webAO/client/fetchLists.ts
index bf4fd1b..704c889 100644
--- a/webAO/client/fetchLists.ts
+++ b/webAO/client/fetchLists.ts
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ export const fetchBackgroundList = async () => {
 
 export const fetchCharacterList = async () => {
     try {
-        const chardata = await request(`${AO_HOST}characters.json`);
-        const char_array = JSON.parse(chardata);
-        // the try catch will fail before here when there is no file
-
         const char_select = <HTMLSelectElement>(
             document.getElementById("client_iniselect")
         );
@@ -32,6 +28,10 @@ export const fetchCharacterList = async () => {
 
         char_select.add(new Option("Custom", "0"));
 
+        const chardata = await request(`${AO_HOST}characters.json`);
+        const char_array = JSON.parse(chardata);
+        // the try catch will fail before here when there is no file
+
         char_array.forEach((character: string) => {
             char_select.add(new Option(character));
         });
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ export const fetchCharacterList = async () => {
 
 export const fetchEvidenceList = async () => {
     try {
-        const evidata = await request(`${AO_HOST}evidence.json`);
-        const evi_array = JSON.parse(evidata);
-        // the try catch will fail before here when there is no file
-
         const evi_select = <HTMLSelectElement>(
             document.getElementById("evi_select")
         );
@@ -54,6 +50,10 @@ export const fetchEvidenceList = async () => {
 
         evi_select.add(new Option("Custom", "0"));
 
+        const evidata = await request(`${AO_HOST}evidence.json`);
+        const evi_array = JSON.parse(evidata);
+        // the try catch will fail before here when there is no file
+
         evi_array.forEach((evi: string) => {
             evi_select.add(new Option(evi));
         });