diff --git a/src/endpoints.py b/src/endpoints.py
index 65cddf2..fc1214f 100644
--- a/src/endpoints.py
+++ b/src/endpoints.py
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ async def read_item(request: LinkRequest, dep: BrowserDep) -> LinkResponse:
     timer = TimeoutTimer(duration=request.max_timeout)
     request.url = request.url.replace('"', "").strip()
 
+    try:
+        user_agent = await dep.page.evaluate("navigator.userAgent")
+    except Exception:
+        logger.warning("Could not determine User-Agent via page.evaluate")
+        user_agent = None
+
     final_url = await setup_routes(request, dep)
 
     try:
@@ -92,15 +98,8 @@ async def read_item(request: LinkRequest, dep: BrowserDep) -> LinkResponse:
         page_html=page_html,
     )
 
-    user_agent = (
-        page_request.request.headers.get("user-agent") if page_request else None
-    )
     if user_agent is None:
-        try:
-            user_agent = await dep.page.evaluate("navigator.userAgent")
-        except Exception:
-            logger.warning("Could not determine User-Agent via page.evaluate")
-            user_agent = ""
+        user_agent = page_request.request.headers.get("user-agent") if page_request else ""
 
     return LinkResponse(
         message="Success",