diff --git a/src/mods4pandas/mods4pandas.py b/src/mods4pandas/mods4pandas.py
index c3cde97..e08fe37 100755
--- a/src/mods4pandas/mods4pandas.py
+++ b/src/mods4pandas/mods4pandas.py
@@ -436,13 +436,13 @@ def process(mets_files: List[str], output_file: str, output_page_info: str):
                     # "meta"
                     d['mets_file'] = mets_file
 
-                    # METS - per-page
-                    if output_page_info:
-                        page_info_doc: list[dict] = pages_to_dict(mets, raise_errors=True)
-
+                    # Save
                     insert_into_db(con, "mods_info", d)
                     con.commit()
+
+                    # METS - per-page
                     if output_page_info:
+                        page_info_doc: list[dict] = pages_to_dict(mets, raise_errors=True)
                         insert_into_db_multiple(con_page_info, "page_info", page_info_doc)
                         con_page_info.commit()