diff --git a/Classes/BITCrashManager.m b/Classes/BITCrashManager.m
index ff351ff53e..416d32fa7a 100644
--- a/Classes/BITCrashManager.m
+++ b/Classes/BITCrashManager.m
@@ -316,6 +316,15 @@ NSString *const kBITCrashManagerStatus = @"BITCrashManagerStatus";
     if (crashData == nil) {
       BITHockeyLog(@"ERROR: Could not load crash report: %@", error);
     } else {
+      // get the startup timestamp from the crash report, and the file timestamp to calculate the timeinterval when the crash happened after startup
+      PLCrashReport *report = [[PLCrashReport alloc] initWithData:crashData error:&error];
+      
+      if ([report.applicationInfo respondsToSelector:@selector(applicationStartupTimestamp)]) {
+        if (report.systemInfo.timestamp && report.applicationInfo.applicationStartupTimestamp) {
+          _timeintervalCrashInLastSessionOccured = [report.systemInfo.timestamp timeIntervalSinceDate:report.applicationInfo.applicationStartupTimestamp];
+        }
+      }
+
       [crashData writeToFile:[_crashesDir stringByAppendingPathComponent: cacheFilename] atomically:YES];
       
       // write the meta file
@@ -340,15 +349,6 @@ NSString *const kBITCrashManagerStatus = @"BITCrashManagerStatus";
       } else {
         BITHockeyLog(@"ERROR: Writing crash meta data failed. %@", error);
       }
-
-      // get the startup timestamp from the crash report, and the file timestamp to calculate the timeinterval when the crash happened after startup
-      PLCrashReport *report = [[PLCrashReport alloc] initWithData:crashData error:&error];
-      
-      if ([report.applicationInfo respondsToSelector:@selector(applicationStartupTimestamp)]) {
-        if (report.systemInfo.timestamp && report.applicationInfo.applicationStartupTimestamp) {
-          _timeintervalCrashInLastSessionOccured = [report.systemInfo.timestamp timeIntervalSinceDate:report.applicationInfo.applicationStartupTimestamp];
-        }
-      }
     }
   }