diff --git a/watch.py b/watch.py
index 5bfdd6f..ea15184 100755
--- a/watch.py
+++ b/watch.py
@@ -26,6 +26,17 @@ global die
 die = 0
 
 
+# Initialize summary variables
+TOTAL_RAM = 0
+START_DATE = ""
+END_DATE = ""
+AVERAGE_LOAD = 0.0
+MAX_USED_RAM = 0
+MAX_USED_FS = 0
+TOTAL_FS = 0
+FS_SAR_INDEX = None
+
+
 # Handle SIGTERM
 def kill_handler(a, b):
     global die
@@ -62,8 +73,6 @@ def read_table(f):
 my_env = os.environ
 my_env["S_TIME_FORMAT"] = "ISO"
 
-TOTAL_RAM = 0
-
 with open("/proc/meminfo") as f:
     TOTAL_RAM = int(scan("MemTotal:\s+(\d+)", float, f.read())/1024/1024)
 
@@ -108,15 +117,6 @@ if args.fspath:
 signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, kill_handler)
 i = 0
 
-START_DATE = ""
-END_DATE = ""
-AVERAGE_LOAD = 0.0
-MAX_USED_RAM = 0
-MAX_USED_FS = 0
-TOTAL_FS = 0
-
-FS_SAR_INDEX = None
-
 flags = fcntl.fcntl(sys.stdin, fcntl.F_GETFL)
 fcntl.fcntl(sys.stdin, fcntl.F_SETFL, flags | os.O_NONBLOCK)