Reorganize pre-flight checks

Dude why the fuck did you have to have a valid backend to check the help text
What was I smoking

ptgdp

@@ -349,6 +349,8 @@ main() {
 				;;
 		esac
 	done
+	# Early hook for help
+	[ -n "$_opthelp" ] && printhelp && exit 0
 	# Parse out a config file if it exists
 	if [ -f "$_optconfigfile" ]; then
 		log "Loading config file" 2
@@ -370,6 +372,8 @@ main() {
 		_args+=("$arg")
 	done
 	# Validate critical options
+	if [ -z "$_optmachinemode" ]; then
+		# Ensure we have a good backend, assuming we're not in a scripting mode
 		(
 			for backend in ${_supportedbackends[@]}; do
 				if [ "$backend" = "${_config[backend]}" ]; then
@@ -378,7 +382,8 @@ main() {
 			done
 			return 1
 		) || error "Unsupported backend: ${_config[backend]}" 50
-	if [ -z "$_optmachinemode" ] && ! backend-validate; then
+		# Ensure we meet its requirements
+		if ! backend-validate; then
 			errorcode=$?
 			case $errorcode in
 				1)
@@ -389,11 +394,8 @@ main() {
 					;;
 			esac
 		fi
-
-	# Pre-really-do-stuff hooks like help text
-	[ -n "$_opthelp" ] && printhelp && exit 0
-
-	# Ensure we're ready to do the do
+	fi
+	# Validate core program dependencies
 	log "Validating dependencies" 2
 	if ! has youtube-dl pgrep; then
 		error "Failed to find program: $_return" 1