diff --git a/bin/domain/imag-diary/src/util.rs b/bin/domain/imag-diary/src/util.rs
index 9f965690..aeff186f 100644
--- a/bin/domain/imag-diary/src/util.rs
+++ b/bin/domain/imag-diary/src/util.rs
@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ use toml_query::read::TomlValueReadExt;
 pub fn get_diary_name(rt: &Runtime) -> Option<String> {
     use libimagdiary::config::get_default_diary_name;
 
-    get_default_diary_name(rt)
-        .or(rt.cli().value_of("diaryname").map(String::from))
+    rt.cli()
+        .value_of("diaryname")
+        .map(String::from)
+        .or_else(|| get_default_diary_name(rt))
 }
 
 pub enum Timed {