diff --git a/bonfire/bonfire.py b/bonfire/bonfire.py
index 5337a162..e82d0799 100755
--- a/bonfire/bonfire.py
+++ b/bonfire/bonfire.py
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ def _error(msg):
 @click.group(context_settings=dict(help_option_names=["-h", "--help"]))
 @click.option("--debug", "-d", help="Enable debug logging", is_flag=True, default=False)
 def main(debug):
-    check_pypi()
-
     logging.getLogger("sh").setLevel(logging.CRITICAL)  # silence the 'sh' library logger
     logging.basicConfig(
         format="%(asctime)s [%(levelname)8s] [%(threadName)20s] %(message)s",
@@ -84,6 +82,8 @@ def custom_formatwarning(msg, *args, **kwargs):
     if conf.ENV_FILE:
         log.debug("using env file: %s", conf.ENV_FILE)
 
+    check_pypi()
+
 
 @main.group()
 def namespace():