diff --git a/tests/jose-jwe-enc b/tests/jose-jwe-enc
index 4de7b49..d9969ec 100755
--- a/tests/jose-jwe-enc
+++ b/tests/jose-jwe-enc
@@ -78,9 +78,8 @@ for msg in "hi" "this is a longer message that is more than one block"; do
     # "zip": "DEF"
     tmpl='{"kty":"oct","bytes":32}'
     for enc in A128CBC-HS256 A192CBC-HS384 A256CBC-HS512 A128GCM A192GCM A256GCM; do
-        zip="$(printf '{"alg":"A128KW","enc":"%s","zip":"DEF"}' "${enc}")"
-
         jose jwk gen -i "${tmpl}" -o "${jwk}"
+        zip="$(printf '{"alg":"A128KW","enc":"%s","zip":"DEF"}' "${enc}")"
         printf '%s' "${msg}" | jose jwe enc -i "${zip}" -I- -k "${jwk}" -o "${jwe}"
         [ "$(jose jwe dec -i "${jwe}" -k "${jwk}" -O-)" = "${msg}" ]
     done