diff --git a/tinystatus b/tinystatus
index 0cf9923..7a98124 100755
--- a/tinystatus
+++ b/tinystatus
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ check(){
     host="${2}"
     name="${3}"
     expectedcode="${4}"
-    if test -z ${ctype}
-    then return
-    fi
 
     IPv="$(echo "${ctype}" | grep -o '[46]$')"
     case "${ctype}" in
@@ -62,6 +59,9 @@ command_exists 'ping'
 mkdir -p "${tmp}/ok" "${tmp}/ko" || exit 1
 
 while IFS="$(printf '\n')" read -r line; do
+    if test -z ${line}
+        then continue
+    fi
     ctype="$(get_element 1 "${line}")"
     code="$(get_element 2 "${line}")"
     name="$(get_element 3 "${line}")"