Index: trunk/psModules/src/camera/pmFPAfileIO.c
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--- trunk/psModules/src/camera/pmFPAfileIO.c	(revision 16355)
+++ trunk/psModules/src/camera/pmFPAfileIO.c	(revision 16818)
@@ -748,4 +748,6 @@
         file->state = PM_FPA_STATE_OPEN;
 
+        file->fits->options = psMemIncrRefCounter(file->options);
+
         // if needed, set the optional EXTWORD field based on the camera value
         if (file->format) {
@@ -771,6 +773,4 @@
             }
         }
-
-        file->fits->options = psMemIncrRefCounter(file->options);
 
         // In some cases, we need to read the PHU after we've opened the file.  This happens for the images