diff --git a/IEU.Core/IEU.cs b/IEU.Core/IEU.cs
index 0b33387..7ec516e 100644
--- a/IEU.Core/IEU.cs
+++ b/IEU.Core/IEU.cs
@@ -893,13 +893,7 @@ async public Task Split(FileInfo[] inputFiles = null)
                        
             ResetDoneCounter();
             SetTotalCounter(inputFiles.Length);          
-            ReportProgress();
-
-            if (CreateMemoryImage)
-            {
-                Image image = Image.Black(MaxTileResolutionWidth, MaxTileResolutionHeight);
-                image.WriteToFile($"{LrPath}{DirectorySeparator}([000])000)_memory_helper_image.png");                
-            }
+            ReportProgress();           
             
             await Task.Run(() => Parallel.ForEach(inputFiles, parallelOptions: new ParallelOptions() { MaxDegreeOfParallelism = maxConcurrency }, file =>
             {
@@ -1547,6 +1541,12 @@ async public Task<bool> Upscale(bool NoWindow = false, Profile HotProfile = null
             if (!directory.Exists)
                 directory.Create();
 
+            if (CreateMemoryImage)
+            {
+                Image image = Image.Black(MaxTileResolutionWidth, MaxTileResolutionHeight);
+                image.WriteToFile($"{LrPath}{DirectorySeparator}([000])000)_memory_helper_image.png");
+            }
+
             Process process;
             if (UseBasicSR)
                 process = await BasicSR_Test(NoWindow, HotProfile);