diff --git a/rc/bin/ssam b/rc/bin/ssam
index 35fbf7216..dd931893d 100755
--- a/rc/bin/ssam
+++ b/rc/bin/ssam
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/rc
-rfork e
 # ssam - stream interface to sam
+rfork e
 
 flagfmt='n,e script,f sfile'
 args='[ file ... ]'