diff --git a/bin/werc.rc b/bin/werc.rc
index bbabec0..2ab2093 100755
--- a/bin/werc.rc
+++ b/bin/werc.rc
@@ -123,13 +123,13 @@ fn werc_exec_request {
     for(h in $extraHttpHeaders)
         echo $h
     echo 'Content-Type: '^$http_content_type
-    if(~ $REQUEST_METHOD HEAD)
-        exit
     echo # End of HTTP headers
 
     if(! ~ $#debug 0)
         dprint $"SERVER_NAME^$"REQUEST_URI - $"HTTP_USER_AGENT - $"REQUEST_METHOD - $"handler_body_main - $"master_template
 
+    if(~ $REQUEST_METHOD HEAD)
+        exit
     
     template $headers $master_template | awk_buffer
     echo $res_tail