diff --git a/detect.py b/detect.py
index 7953f30e..2f720cd8 100755
--- a/detect.py
+++ b/detect.py
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ def main(opt):
     if weights_path.endswith('.pt'):  # pytorch format
         if weights_path.endswith('weights/yolov3.pt') and not os.path.isfile(weights_path):
             os.system('wget https://storage.googleapis.com/ultralytics/yolov3.pt -O ' + weights_path)
-    else:  # darknet format
-        load_weights(model, weights_path)
 
         checkpoint = torch.load(weights_path, map_location='cpu')
         model.load_state_dict(checkpoint['model'])
         del checkpoint
+    else:  # darknet format
+        load_weights(model, weights_path)
 
         # current = model.state_dict()
         # saved = checkpoint['model']