Update perturbIC.py

Update perturbIC.py

Author: leoberhelman

.gitignore

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 **/__pycache__/
+**/*.pyc
 .hypothesis/
 .*_cache/
 .vscode/
@@ -8,4 +9,4 @@
 *~
 *.egg-info
 coverage_html
-*.code-workspace
+*.code-workspace

src/umfile_utils/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-311.pyc

@@ -199,15 +199,15 @@ def main():
     # Create the random generator.
     random_generator = create_random_generator(args.seed)
 
-    # Skip mule validation if the "--validate" option is provided
-    if not args.validate:
-        ff.validate = void_validation
     ff_raw = mule.DumpFile.from_file(args.ifile)
 
-
     # Remove the time series from the data to ensure mule will work
     ff = remove_timeseries(ff_raw)
 
+    # Skip mule validation if the "--validate" option is provided
+    if not args.validate:
+        ff.validate = void_validation()
+        
     # loop through the fields
     for ifield, field in enumerate(ff.fields):
         if is_field_to_perturb(field, STASH_THETA):