diff --git a/apps/server/src/git/Layers/CodexTextGeneration.test.ts b/apps/server/src/git/Layers/CodexTextGeneration.test.ts
index 326b00e9fb2d8bf069b883e0849e39c080a07305..576e51b4fa4f1d0646a39079a2412f8227ed1c37 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/git/Layers/CodexTextGeneration.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/git/Layers/CodexTextGeneration.test.ts
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ function makeFakeCodexBinary(dir: string) {
         "  fi",
         "  shift",
         "done",
+        'stdin_content="$(cat)"',
         'if [ "$T3_FAKE_CODEX_REQUIRE_IMAGE" = "1" ] && [ "$seen_image" != "1" ]; then',
         '  printf "%s\\n" "missing --image input" >&2',
         "  exit 2",
         "fi",
-        'stdin_content="$(cat)"',
         'if [ -n "$T3_FAKE_CODEX_STDIN_MUST_CONTAIN" ]; then',
         '  printf "%s" "$stdin_content" | grep -F -- "$T3_FAKE_CODEX_STDIN_MUST_CONTAIN" >/dev/null || {',
         '    printf "%s\\n" "stdin missing expected content" >&2',