diff --git a/core/autoProcess/autoProcessTV.py b/core/autoProcess/autoProcessTV.py
index 0d93e21a..4c161787 100644
--- a/core/autoProcess/autoProcessTV.py
+++ b/core/autoProcess/autoProcessTV.py
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@ class autoProcessTV(object):
         password = cfg.get("password", "")
         apikey = cfg.get("apikey", "")
 
-        if not username and not apikey:
-            logger.info('No SickBeard username or Sonarr apikey entered. Performing transcoder functions only')
-            fork, fork_params = "None", {}
-        elif server_responding("{0}{1}:{2}{3}".format(protocol, host, port, web_root)):
+        if server_responding("{0}{1}:{2}{3}".format(protocol, host, port, web_root)):
             # auto-detect correct fork
             fork, fork_params = autoFork(section, inputCategory)
+        elif not username and not apikey:
+            logger.info('No SickBeard username or Sonarr apikey entered. Performing transcoder functions only')
+            fork, fork_params = "None", {}
         else:
             logger.error("Server did not respond. Exiting", section)
             return [1, "{0}: Failed to post-process - {1} did not respond.".format(section, section)]