diff --git a/BinaryObjectScanner/Scanner.cs b/BinaryObjectScanner/Scanner.cs
index 35f13067..bd464416 100644
--- a/BinaryObjectScanner/Scanner.cs
+++ b/BinaryObjectScanner/Scanner.cs
@@ -405,11 +405,13 @@ private ProtectionDictionary GetInternalProtections(string fileName, Stream stre
             // If we're scanning archives
             if (_scanArchives && wrapper is IExtractable extractable)
             {
+                // Get the output path
+                string tempPath = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), Guid.NewGuid().ToString());
+
                 // If the extractable file itself fails
                 try
                 {
-                    // Extract and get the output path
-                    string tempPath = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), Guid.NewGuid().ToString());
+                    // Extract to the output path
                     Directory.CreateDirectory(tempPath);
                     _ = extractable.Extract(tempPath, _includeDebug);
 
@@ -426,7 +428,13 @@ private ProtectionDictionary GetInternalProtections(string fileName, Stream stre
                         // Append the values
                         protections.Append(subProtections);
                     }
-
+                }
+                catch (Exception ex)
+                {
+                    if (_includeDebug) Console.Error.WriteLine(ex);
+                }
+                finally
+                {
                     // If temp directory cleanup fails
                     try
                     {
@@ -438,10 +446,6 @@ private ProtectionDictionary GetInternalProtections(string fileName, Stream stre
                         if (_includeDebug) Console.Error.WriteLine(ex);
                     }
                 }
-                catch (Exception ex)
-                {
-                    if (_includeDebug) Console.Error.WriteLine(ex);
-                }
             }
 
             #endregion