diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/deviantart.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/deviantart.py
index dfa45ef8..903cc4b7 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/deviantart.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/deviantart.py
@@ -29,21 +29,19 @@ class DeviantartExtractor(Extractor):
         self.offset = 0
         self.flat = self.config("flat", True)
         self.original = self.config("original", True)
-
-        if match:
-            self.user = match.group(1)
-            self.group = not self.api.user_profile(self.user)
-            if self.group:
-                self.subcategory = "group-" + self.subcategory
-        else:
-            self.user = None
-            self.group = False
+        self.user = match.group(1) if match else None
+        self.group = False
 
     def skip(self, num):
         self.offset += num
         return num
 
     def items(self):
+        if self.user:
+            self.group = not self.api.user_profile(self.user)
+            if self.group:
+                self.subcategory = "group-" + self.subcategory
+
         yield Message.Version, 1
         for deviation in self.deviations():
             if isinstance(deviation, tuple):
diff --git a/gallery_dl/job.py b/gallery_dl/job.py
index 8352bb23..8e592609 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/job.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/job.py
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ class DownloadJob(Job):
 
     def __init__(self, url, parent=None):
         Job.__init__(self, url, parent)
-        self.pathfmt = util.PathFormat(self.extractor)
-        self.sleep = self.extractor.config("sleep")
+        self.pathfmt = None
+        self.sleep = None
         self.downloaders = {}
         self.out = output.select()
 
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ class DownloadJob(Job):
 
     def handle_directory(self, keywords):
         """Set and create the target directory for downloads"""
+        if not self.pathfmt:
+            self.pathfmt = util.PathFormat(self.extractor)
+            self.sleep = self.extractor.config("sleep")
         self.pathfmt.set_directory(keywords)
 
     def handle_queue(self, url, keywords):