diff --git a/metche b/metche
index c19814a..617ef32 100755
--- a/metche
+++ b/metche
@@ -81,12 +81,12 @@
 
 _mail() {
     local subject="$1"
-    if which mail > /dev/null ; then
+    if which mutt > /dev/null ; then
+        LC_ALL="$LOCALE" mutt -s "$subject" "$EMAIL_ADDRESS"
+    elif which mail > /dev/null ; then
         LC_ALL="$LOCALE" mail -s "$subject" "$EMAIL_ADDRESS"
     elif [ -x /usr/sbin/sendmail ]; then
         LC_ALL="$LOCALE" add_header "$subject"|/usr/sbin/sendmail "$EMAIL_ADDRESS"
-    elif which mutt > /dev/null ; then
-        LC_ALL="$LOCALE" mutt -s "$subject" "$EMAIL_ADDRESS"
     fi
 }