JAL-629 move getdown update to earlier stage

diff --git a/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java b/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java
index fbbb16c..5f1f228 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java
+++ b/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java
@@ -286,6 +286,25 @@ public class Jalview
       System.setSecurityManager(null);
     }
 
+    // Move any new getdown-launcher-new.jar into place over old
+    // getdown-launcher.jar
+    String appdirString = System.getProperty("getdownappdir");
+    if (appdirString != null && appdirString.length() > 0)
+    {
+      final File appdir = new File(appdirString);
+      new Thread()
+      {
+        @Override
+        public void run()
+        {
+          LaunchUtil.upgradeGetdown(
+                  new File(appdir, "getdown-launcher-old.jar"),
+                  new File(appdir, "getdown-launcher.jar"),
+                  new File(appdir, "getdown-launcher-new.jar"));
+        }
+      }.start();
+    }
+
     // get args needed before proper ArgParser
     BootstrapArgs bootstrapArgs = BootstrapArgs.getBootstrapArgs(args);
 
@@ -672,25 +691,6 @@ public class Jalview
               + LaunchUtils.getJavaCompileVersion() + ".");
     }
 
-    // Move any new getdown-launcher-new.jar into place over old
-    // getdown-launcher.jar
-    String appdirString = System.getProperty("getdownappdir");
-    if (appdirString != null && appdirString.length() > 0)
-    {
-      final File appdir = new File(appdirString);
-      new Thread()
-      {
-        @Override
-        public void run()
-        {
-          LaunchUtil.upgradeGetdown(
-                  new File(appdir, "getdown-launcher-old.jar"),
-                  new File(appdir, "getdown-launcher.jar"),
-                  new File(appdir, "getdown-launcher-new.jar"));
-        }
-      }.start();
-    }
-
     String file = null, data = null;
 
     FileFormatI format = null;