diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 438aeb58..4bd07fe6 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -495,6 +495,9 @@ func executeSyncCommand(c *cli.Context, state *state.HelmState, helm helmexec.In
 }
 
 func executeTemplateCommand(c *cli.Context, state *state.HelmState, helm helmexec.Interface) []error {
+	if c.GlobalString("helm-binary") != "" {
+		helm.SetHelmBinary(c.GlobalString("helm-binary"))
+	}
 	if errs := state.SyncRepos(helm); errs != nil && len(errs) > 0 {
 		return errs
 	}
@@ -503,10 +506,6 @@ func executeTemplateCommand(c *cli.Context, state *state.HelmState, helm helmexe
 		return errs
 	}
 
-	if c.GlobalString("helm-binary") != "" {
-		helm.SetHelmBinary(c.GlobalString("helm-binary"))
-	}
-
 	args := args.GetArgs(c.String("args"), state)
 	values := c.StringSlice("values")
 	workers := c.Int("concurrency")