diff --git a/scripts/Windows/Scripts/Context.ps1 b/scripts/Windows/Scripts/Context.ps1
index 4afbce25..7f2677fc 100644
--- a/scripts/Windows/Scripts/Context.ps1
+++ b/scripts/Windows/Scripts/Context.ps1
@@ -225,9 +225,6 @@ class Context {
 
     [void] AddNextcloudSync([string] $localPath, [string] $targetPath, [bool] $virtualFiles) {
         $pattern = "^\d+\\Folders(?:WithPlaceholders)?\\(\d+)";
-        $nextcloudProcess = Get-Process nextcloud;
-        $nextcloudPath = $nextcloudProcess.Path;
-        $nextcloudProcess | Stop-Process -Force;
 
         $folderID = (
             Get-Content $($this.GetNextcloudConfigFile()) | `
@@ -244,6 +241,10 @@ class Context {
             $configName += "WithPlaceholders";
         }
 
+        $nextcloudProcess = Get-Process nextcloud;
+        $nextcloudPath = $nextcloudProcess.Path;
+        $nextcloudProcess | Stop-Process -Force;
+
         $accountSectionEntered = $false;
 
         (Get-Content $($this.GetNextcloudConfigFile())) | `