diff --git a/storage/v1/profile_store.go b/storage/v1/profile_store.go
index aa47663..edea80a 100644
--- a/storage/v1/profile_store.go
+++ b/storage/v1/profile_store.go
@@ -97,10 +97,13 @@ func LoadProfileWriterStore(eventManager event.Manager, directory, password stri
 	ps := &ProfileStoreV1{fs: NewFileStore(directory, profileFilename, key), key: key, directory: directory, profile: nil, eventManager: eventManager, streamStores: map[string]StreamStore{}, writer: true}
 	copy(ps.salt[:], salt)
 
+
+	err = ps.load()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	ps.initProfileWriterStore()
-
-	ps.load()
-
 	return ps, nil
 }