Index: /trunk/Ohana/src/relphot/src/relphot.c
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--- /trunk/Ohana/src/relphot/src/relphot.c	(revision 6639)
+++ /trunk/Ohana/src/relphot/src/relphot.c	(revision 6640)
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
   if (!status) Shutdown ("ERROR: failure to lock image catalog %s", db.filename);
   if (db.dbstate == LCK_EMPTY) Shutdown ("ERROR: No images in catalog %s (1)", db.filename);
-  if (!UPDATE) dvo_image_unlock (&db); 
 
   /* load regions and images based on seed region */
   // XXX EAM : load images and regions based on bounds, not name
   region = load_images (&db, argv[1], &Ncatalog, &fullregion);
+  if (!UPDATE) dvo_image_unlock (&db); 
 
   /* load catalog data from region files */