diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/announcements_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/announcements_controller.rb
index 1517437..e9fb486 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/announcements_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/announcements_controller.rb
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ class Admin::AnnouncementsController < OrbitAdminController
 
   def create
     bps = bulletin_params
+    bulletin = Bulletin.new(bps)
     if !bps['bulletin_links_attributes'].nil?
       bps['bulletin_links_attributes'].each do |idx,link|
         bps['bulletin_links_attributes'].delete(idx.to_s) if link['url'].blank?
@@ -207,7 +208,6 @@ class Admin::AnnouncementsController < OrbitAdminController
       bps[:is_hidden] = false
     end
 
-    bulletin = Bulletin.new(bps)
     if !defined?(Calendar).nil?
       if bps[:add_to_calendar] == '0' && !bps[:event_id].blank?
         Event.find(bps[:event_id]).destroy rescue nil