diff --git a/lib/styleguide.js b/lib/styleguide.js
index c7786422..91b6d624 100644
--- a/lib/styleguide.js
+++ b/lib/styleguide.js
@@ -254,15 +254,6 @@ function filterFiles(files, filter) {
 }
 
 module.exports.generate = function(options) {
-  try {
-    if (options.includeDefaultStyles) {
-      fs.copySync(distPath + '/css/withstyles/styleguide-app.css', distPath + '/css/styleguide-app.css');
-    } else {
-      fs.copySync(distPath + '/css/withoutstyles/styleguide-app.css', distPath + '/css/styleguide-app.css');
-    } 
-  } catch (err) {
-    console.log('ERROR: Unable to exclude default styles.');
-  }
   var opt = common.sanitizeOptions(options),
     filesBuffer = {},
     throughOpts = {
@@ -278,6 +269,16 @@ module.exports.generate = function(options) {
     );
   sgOptions = opt; // Copy options into global
 
+  try {
+    if (opt.includeDefaultStyles) {
+      fs.copySync(distPath + '/css/withstyles/styleguide-app.css', distPath + '/css/styleguide-app.css');
+    } else {
+      fs.copySync(distPath + '/css/withoutstyles/styleguide-app.css', distPath + '/css/styleguide-app.css');
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.log('ERROR: Unable to exclude default styles.');
+  }
+
   function bufferFileContents(file, enc, done) {
     if (file.isNull()) {
       return;
@@ -582,4 +583,4 @@ function startServer(options) {
   return serverInstance[options.port];
 }
 
-module.exports.addSection = addSection;
\ No newline at end of file
+module.exports.addSection = addSection;