diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 66f490e..9487042 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1491,18 +1491,19 @@ async fn compile(config:CompileConfig)->AResult<()>{
 				stack.push(CompileStackInstruction::PopFolder);
 				//check if a folder exists with item.name
 				if let Ok(mut dir)=tokio::fs::read_dir(folder.as_path()).await{
-					let mut exist_names=std::collections::HashSet::new();
+					let mut exist_names:std::collections::HashSet<String>={
+						let item=dom.get_by_ref(item_ref).ok_or(anyhow::Error::msg("null child ref"))?;
+						//push existing dom children objects onto stack (unrelated to exist_names)
+						stack.extend(item.children().into_iter().map(|&referent|CompileStackInstruction::TraverseReferent(referent,None)));
+						//get names of existing objects
+						item.children().into_iter().map(|&child_ref|{
+							let child=dom.get_by_ref(child_ref).ok_or(anyhow::Error::msg("null child ref"))?;
+							Ok::<_,anyhow::Error>(sanitize(child.name.as_str()).to_string())
+						}).collect::<AResult<_>>()?
+					};
 					if let Some(dont)=blacklist{
 						exist_names.insert(dont);
 					}
-					{
-						let item=dom.get_by_ref(item_ref).ok_or(anyhow::Error::msg("null child ref"))?;
-						for &child_ref in item.children(){
-							let child=dom.get_by_ref(child_ref).ok_or(anyhow::Error::msg("null child ref"))?;
-							let child_sans=sanitize(child.name.as_str()).to_string();
-							exist_names.insert(child_sans);
-						}
-					}
 					//generate children from folder contents UNLESS! item already has a child of the same name
 					let mut join_set=tokio::task::JoinSet::new();
 					//I wish I could make the join_next() loop begin processing immediately,
@@ -1532,11 +1533,6 @@ async fn compile(config:CompileConfig)->AResult<()>{
 							});
 						}
 					}
-					//push existing dom children objects onto stack
-					{
-						let item=dom.get_by_ref(item_ref).ok_or(anyhow::Error::msg("null child ref"))?;
-						stack.extend(item.children().into_iter().map(|&referent|CompileStackInstruction::TraverseReferent(referent,None)))
-					};
 					//push child objects onto dom
 					//this is only able to begin after dir iterator is exhausted
 					while let Some(goober)=join_set.join_next().await{