diff --git a/AAXtoMP3 b/AAXtoMP3
index 67a5088..70d5b84 100755
--- a/AAXtoMP3
+++ b/AAXtoMP3
@@ -394,13 +394,6 @@ trap 'rm -r -f "${working_directory}"' EXIT
 # Set up some basic working files ASAP.  Note the trap will clean this up no matter what.
 working_directory=`mktemp -d 2>/dev/null || mktemp -d -t 'mytmpdir'`
 metadata_file="${working_directory}/metadata.txt"
-# Creating a temp file to store the chapter data collected in save_metadata, as the output
-# folder will only be defined after save_metadata has been executed.
-# This file is only required when using audible-cli data and executing in single mode to
-# get proper chapter titles in single file m4b output.
-if [[ "${audibleCli}" == "1" && "${mode}" == "single" ]] ; then
-  tmp_chapter_file="${working_directory}/chapter.txt"
-fi
 
 # -----
 # Validate the AAX and extract the metadata associated with the file.
@@ -534,6 +527,11 @@ save_metadata() {
     # chapter titles from the .json generated by audible–cli and store
     # them correctly formatted for mp4chaps in a chapter.txt
     if [ "${mode}" == "single" ]; then
+      # Creating a temp file to store the chapter data collected in save_metadata, as the output
+      # folder will only be defined after save_metadata has been executed.
+      # This file is only required when using audible-cli data and executing in single mode to
+      # get proper chapter titles in single file m4b output.
+      tmp_chapter_file="${working_directory}/chapter.txt"
       jq -r \
         'def pad(n): tostring | if (n > length) then ((n - length) * "0") + . else . end;
         .content_metadata.chapter_info.chapters |