diff --git a/testssl.sh b/testssl.sh
index bfe3396..c10fb81 100755
--- a/testssl.sh
+++ b/testssl.sh
@@ -2493,7 +2493,8 @@ std_cipherlists() {
                     ;;
           esac
           tmpfile_handle $FUNCNAME.$debugname.txt
-          [[ $DEBUG -ge 1 ]] && tmln_out " -- $1" || tmln_out
+          [[ $DEBUG -ge 1 ]] && tm_out " -- $1"
+          outln
      else
           singlespaces=$(sed -e 's/ \+/ /g' -e 's/^ //' -e 's/ $//g' -e 's/  //g' <<< "$2")
           if [[ "$OPTIMAL_PROTO" == "-ssl2" ]]; then
@@ -12498,6 +12499,12 @@ ip=""
 lets_roll init
 initialize_globals
 parse_cmd_line "$@"
+# html_header() needs to be called early! Otherwiseif  html_out() is called before html_header() and the
+# command line contains --htmlfile <htmlfile> or --html, it'll make problems with html output, see #692.
+# json_header and csv_header can be called later but for context reasons we'll leave it here
+html_header
+json_header
+csv_header
 get_install_dir
 set_color_functions
 maketempf
@@ -12508,9 +12515,6 @@ mybanner
 check_proxy
 check4openssl_oldfarts
 check_bsd_mount
-json_header
-csv_header
-html_header
 
 if "$do_display_only"; then
      prettyprint_local "$PATTERN2SHOW"