diff --git a/src/parsing/parse.c b/src/parsing/parse.c
index 4fa5990..39e839b 100644
--- a/src/parsing/parse.c
+++ b/src/parsing/parse.c
@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ void parse(void *arg) {
 
     if (doc.mime == 0 && !ScanCtx.fast) {
         // Get mime type with libmagic
-        magic_t magic = magic_open(MAGIC_MIME_TYPE);
-        magic_load(magic, NULL);
-
         bytes_read = job->vfile.read(&job->vfile, buf, PARSE_BUF_SIZE);
         if (bytes_read < 0) {
 
@@ -95,6 +92,9 @@ void parse(void *arg) {
             return;
         }
 
+        magic_t magic = magic_open(MAGIC_MIME_TYPE);
+        magic_load(magic, NULL);
+
         const char *magic_mime_str = magic_buffer(magic, buf, bytes_read);
         if (magic_mime_str != NULL) {
             doc.mime = mime_get_mime_by_string(ScanCtx.mime_table, magic_mime_str);