diff --git a/bin/portzap b/bin/portzap
index 186126c..f04f74a 100755
--- a/bin/portzap
+++ b/bin/portzap
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ libexec=$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")")/../libexec/portzap
 
 ##
 # functions
+printerr() {
+    "${libexec}"/utils/printerr "$1"
+}
+
 require_dependency() {
     deps=$1
     for dep in $deps; do
@@ -23,10 +27,6 @@ require_dependency() {
     done
 }
 
-printerr() {
-    "${libexec}"/utils/printerr "$1"
-}
-
 ##
 # main
 i=1