diff --git a/js/src/bin/arrow2csv.ts b/js/src/bin/arrow2csv.ts
index ef260af82bace..3014123a60b5b 100644
--- a/js/src/bin/arrow2csv.ts
+++ b/js/src/bin/arrow2csv.ts
@@ -44,39 +44,6 @@ type ToStringState = {
     maxColWidths: number[];
 };
 
-try {
-    const sources = argv.help ? [] : [
-        ...files.map((file) => () => fs.createReadStream(file)),
-        ...(process.stdin.isTTY ? [] : [() => process.stdin])
-    ].filter(Boolean) as (() => NodeJS.ReadableStream)[];
-
-    let reader: RecordBatchReader | null;
-    let hasReaders = false;
-
-    for (const source of sources) {
-        if (state.closed) { break; }
-        for await (reader of recordBatchReaders(source)) {
-            hasReaders = true;
-            const transformToString = batchesToString(state, reader.schema);
-            await pipeTo(
-                reader.pipe(transformToString),
-                process.stdout, { end: false }
-            ).catch(() => state.closed = true); // Handle EPIPE errors
-        }
-        if (state.closed) { break; }
-    }
-
-    const code = hasReaders ? 0 : print_usage();
-
-    process.exit(+code || 0);
-} catch (err: any) {
-    if (err) {
-        console.error(`${err?.stack || err}`);
-    }
-
-    process.exit(process.exitCode || 1);
-}
-
 function pipeTo(source: NodeJS.ReadableStream, sink: NodeJS.WritableStream, opts?: { end: boolean }) {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 
@@ -337,3 +304,36 @@ function print_usage() {
     ]));
     return 1;
 }
+
+try {
+    const sources = argv.help ? [] : [
+        ...files.map((file) => () => fs.createReadStream(file)),
+        ...(process.stdin.isTTY ? [] : [() => process.stdin])
+    ].filter(Boolean) as (() => NodeJS.ReadableStream)[];
+
+    let reader: RecordBatchReader | null;
+    let hasReaders = false;
+
+    for (const source of sources) {
+        if (state.closed) { break; }
+        for await (reader of recordBatchReaders(source)) {
+            hasReaders = true;
+            const transformToString = batchesToString(state, reader.schema);
+            await pipeTo(
+                reader.pipe(transformToString),
+                process.stdout, { end: false }
+            ).catch(() => state.closed = true); // Handle EPIPE errors
+        }
+        if (state.closed) { break; }
+    }
+
+    const code = hasReaders ? 0 : print_usage();
+
+    process.exit(+code || 0);
+} catch (err: any) {
+    if (err) {
+        console.error(`${err?.stack || err}`);
+    }
+
+    process.exit(process.exitCode || 1);
+}