diff --git a/src/routes/ratings/postRating.ts b/src/routes/ratings/postRating.ts
index fbe10a8..866fe57 100644
--- a/src/routes/ratings/postRating.ts
+++ b/src/routes/ratings/postRating.ts
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ export async function postRating(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<Response>
         const existingVote = await privateDB.prepare("get", `SELECT count(*) as "count" FROM "ratings" WHERE "videoID" = ? AND "service" = ? AND "type" = ? AND "userID" = ?`, [videoID, service, type, hashedUserID]);
         if (existingVote.count > 0 && !enabled) {
             // Undo the vote
-            await db.prepare("run", `UPDATE "ratings" SET "count" = "count" - 1 WHERE "videoID" = ? AND "service" = ? AND type = ?`, [videoID, service, type]);
             await privateDB.prepare("run", `DELETE FROM "ratings" WHERE "videoID" = ? AND "service" = ? AND "type" = ? AND "userID" = ?`, [videoID, service, type, hashedUserID]);
+            await db.prepare("run", `UPDATE "ratings" SET "count" = "count" - 1 WHERE "videoID" = ? AND "service" = ? AND type = ?`, [videoID, service, type]);
         } else if (existingVote.count === 0 && enabled) {
             // Make sure there hasn't been another vote from this IP
             const existingIPVote = (await privateDB.prepare("get", `SELECT count(*) as "count" FROM "ratings" WHERE "videoID" = ? AND "service" = ? AND "type" = ? AND "hashedIP" = ?`, [videoID, service, type, hashedIP]))
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ export async function postRating(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<Response>
             if (existingIPVote) { // if exisiting vote, exit early instead
                 return res.sendStatus(200);
             }
+
+            // Create entry in privateDB
+            await privateDB.prepare("run", `INSERT INTO "ratings" ("videoID", "service", "type", "userID", "timeSubmitted", "hashedIP") VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)`, [videoID, service, type, hashedUserID, Date.now(), hashedIP]);
+
             // Check if general rating already exists, if so increase it
             const rating = await db.prepare("get", `SELECT count(*) as "count" FROM "ratings" WHERE "videoID" = ? AND "service" = ? AND type = ?`, [videoID, service, type]);
             if (rating.count > 0) {
@@ -50,9 +54,6 @@ export async function postRating(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<Response>
             } else {
                 await db.prepare("run", `INSERT INTO "ratings" ("videoID", "service", "type", "count", "hashedVideoID") VALUES (?, ?, ?, 1, ?)`, [videoID, service, type, hashedVideoID]);
             }
-
-            // Create entry in privateDB
-            await privateDB.prepare("run", `INSERT INTO "ratings" ("videoID", "service", "type", "userID", "timeSubmitted", "hashedIP") VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)`, [videoID, service, type, hashedUserID, Date.now(), hashedIP]);
         }
         // clear rating cache
         QueryCacher.clearRatingCache({ hashedVideoID, service });