diff --git a/src/js/DefaultRules.js b/src/js/DefaultRules.js
index 84a0fe93a704cdd38efb87674c243d74e1b9741c..17c173918ede86cb18c4e82e9e84755bbaf4a6ea 100644
--- a/src/js/DefaultRules.js
+++ b/src/js/DefaultRules.js
@@ -2900,11 +2900,11 @@ window.DefaultRules = (function() {
 		if ((rule.autoBrand === 1)) {
 			if ((slave.health > -20)) {
 				let brandPlace = "";
+				let left;
+				let right;
 
 				// Brand location needs to be split into a left and right
 				if (["ankles", "calves", "feet", "hands", "lower arms", "shoulders", "upper arms", "wrists", "cheeks", "ears", "buttocks", "breasts"].includes(rule.brandTarget)) {
-					let left;
-					let right;
 					if (rule.brandTarget === "ankles") {
 						left = "left ankle";
 						right = "right ankle";