diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b2b457d..14d9e27 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -80,6 +80,14 @@ impl StatusEnabled {
 fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let args = Args::parse();
 
+    let workers = match args.workers {
+        Some(workers) => workers,
+        None => std::thread::available_parallelism().context(
+            "unable to determine available parallelism, \
+            use `--workers <NUM>` to specify amount of worker threads",
+        )?,
+    };
+
     if !args.no_userid && args.userid.is_empty() {
         eprintln!(
             "WARNING: No user ID was provided.\n\
@@ -108,14 +116,6 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         None
     };
 
-    let workers = match args.workers {
-        Some(workers) => workers,
-        None => std::thread::available_parallelism().context(
-            "unable to determine available parallelism, \
-            use `--workers <NUM>` to specify amount of worker threads",
-        )?,
-    };
-
     let config = fingerprunk::Config {
         regex: args.regex,
         status_enabled: args.status.evaluate(),