diff --git a/cmd/backend/articles.go b/cmd/backend/articles.go
index dcc15ea..8f947c7 100644
--- a/cmd/backend/articles.go
+++ b/cmd/backend/articles.go
@@ -269,14 +269,13 @@ func (db *DB) AddArticleToCurrentIssue(id int64) error {
 
 func (db *DB) DeleteArticle(id int64) error {
 	articlesTagsQuery := "DELETE FROM articles_tags WHERE article_id = ?"
+	articlesQuery := "DELETE FROM articles WHERE id = ?"
 
 	_, err := db.Exec(articlesTagsQuery, id)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error deleting article %v from DB: %v", id, err)
 	}
 
-	articlesQuery := "DELETE FROM articles WHERE id = ?"
-
 	_, err = db.Exec(articlesQuery, id)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error deleting article %v from DB: %v", id, err)