From cdb5832e3abb43709960fe3a3f31f8d7ceece513 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Perl <david.perl@psi.ch>
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2026 10:07:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: try set busy outside of catch-except

---
 src/aare/daq/daq.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/aare/daq/daq.py b/src/aare/daq/daq.py
index 6a75d8cb..79aeba1c 100644
--- a/src/aare/daq/daq.py
+++ b/src/aare/daq/daq.py
@@ -2313,8 +2313,8 @@ class AareDAQ:
             LoopCenteringFailed: If the centering sequence fails
         """
         start = time.perf_counter()
+        self._cfg.try_set_busy(timeout=360)
         try:
-            self._cfg.try_set_busy(timeout=360)
             if sample is None:
                 if self.sample is None:
                     raise LoopCenteringFailed(