diff --git a/goss-restorethread.rb b/goss-restorethread.rb
index f874a67..13550bb 100644
--- a/goss-restorethread.rb
+++ b/goss-restorethread.rb
@@ -1056,11 +1056,6 @@ class GossamerForumsImporter < ImportScripts::Base
     # Remove ![http://data:image/, etc. as this is not supported.
     sanitized_message.gsub!(/!\[data:image\/[^\]]+\]\([^)]+\)/, '')
 
-    # Ensure minimum length
-    if sanitized_message.strip.empty? || sanitized_message.length < 5
-      sanitized_message = "Empty post contents."
-    end
-
     # Ensure sentence structure
     unless sanitized_message.match?(/[.!?]\s|[.!?]$/)
       sanitized_message += "."
@@ -1084,6 +1079,11 @@ class GossamerForumsImporter < ImportScripts::Base
     # Convert inline image syntax from `!(url)` to `![url](url)`
     sanitized_message.gsub!(/!\((http[s]?:\/\/[^\)]+)\)/, '![\1](\1)')
 
+    # Ensure minimum length
+    if sanitized_message.strip.empty? || sanitized_message.length < 5
+      sanitized_message = "Empty post contents."
+    end
+
     sanitized_message
   end