diff --git a/api/auth.go b/api/auth.go
index 0294edd..14e6924 100644
--- a/api/auth.go
+++ b/api/auth.go
@@ -259,11 +259,13 @@ func getOauthUser(dbConn *sql.DB, client *http.Client, uri string) (*database.Us
 }
 
 func createUserFromResponse(response *http.Response) (*database.User, error) {
-	defer response.Body.Close()
 	user := &database.User{
 		CreatedAt: time.Now(),
 	}
+
 	err := json.NewDecoder(response.Body).Decode(user)
+	defer response.Body.Close()
+
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println(err)
 		return nil, err