diff --git a/bin/kaleidoscope-builder b/bin/kaleidoscope-builder
index f7251d92..be0d9e47 100755
--- a/bin/kaleidoscope-builder
+++ b/bin/kaleidoscope-builder
@@ -118,6 +118,16 @@ _set_executable_paths() {
 	###### Executable paths
 	######
 
+        if [ "${ARCH}" = "virtual" ]; then
+                if [ "${uname_S}" = "FreeBSD" ]; then
+                        : "${COMPILER_PATH:=/usr/local/bin/}"
+                else
+                        : "${COMPILER_PATH:=/usr/bin/}"
+                fi
+                COMPILER_PREFIX=""
+        fi
+
+
 	# Allow the compiler path to be empty for virtual builds
 	# should use compiler.path instead of appending bin, but we don't have substitution het
 	: "${COMPILER_PATH=$(_arduino_prop 'runtime.tools.avr-gcc.path')/bin}"
@@ -442,7 +452,6 @@ else
 	ARDUINO_VERBOSE="--quiet"
 fi
 
-
 if [[ -z "${ARCH}" && -n "${FQBN}" ]]; then
 	ARCH=$(echo "${FQBN}" | sed -n -e 's/^[^:]\+:\([^:]\+\).*/\1/p')
 fi
@@ -451,15 +460,6 @@ fi
 : "${ARCH:=avr}"
 : "${FQBN:=keyboardio:${ARCH}:${BOARD}}"
 
-if [ "${ARCH}" = "virtual" ]; then
-	if [ "${uname_S}" = "FreeBSD" ]; then
-		: "${COMPILER_PATH:=/usr/local/bin/}"
-	else
-		: "${COMPILER_PATH:=/usr/bin/}"
-	fi
-
-	COMPILER_PREFIX=""
-fi
 
 
 if [ $# -eq 2 ]; then