diff --git a/src/documents/consumer.py b/src/documents/consumer.py
index 480537279..134137e2f 100755
--- a/src/documents/consumer.py
+++ b/src/documents/consumer.py
@@ -252,8 +252,6 @@ class Consumer(LoggingMixin):
                 self.log("debug", "Deleting file {}".format(self.path))
                 os.unlink(self.path)
 
-                self.run_post_consume_script(document)
-
         except Exception as e:
             self.log(
                 "error",
@@ -264,6 +262,8 @@ class Consumer(LoggingMixin):
         finally:
             document_parser.cleanup()
 
+        self.run_post_consume_script(document)
+
         self.log(
             "info",
             "Document {} consumption finished".format(document)