diff --git a/experiments/2025-03-18/src/operations/connect.rs b/experiments/2025-03-18/src/operations/connect.rs
index 27e567b73..f2497b4b2 100644
--- a/experiments/2025-03-18/src/operations/connect.rs
+++ b/experiments/2025-03-18/src/operations/connect.rs
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ fn build_connecting_faces(bottom: &Face, top: &Face) -> Vec<Handle<Face>> {
         .half_edges_with_end_vertex()
         .zip(top.half_edges_with_end_vertex())
         .map(|((bottom_half_edge, bottom_b), (top_a, top_b))| {
-            let a = &bottom_half_edge.start;
-            let b = bottom_b;
-
             let is_internal =
                 match [bottom_half_edge.is_internal, top_a.is_internal] {
                     [true, true] => true,
@@ -70,6 +67,9 @@ fn build_connecting_faces(bottom: &Face, top: &Face) -> Vec<Handle<Face>> {
                     }
                 };
 
+            let a = &bottom_half_edge.start;
+            let b = bottom_b;
+
             let surface = Handle::new(Surface {
                 geometry: Box::new(Plane::from_points(
                     [a, b, &top_a.start].map(|vertex| vertex.point),