diff --git a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/util/launchutils/SipCommunicatorLock.java b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/util/launchutils/SipCommunicatorLock.java
index 9e76ab4b7..9ca688f6b 100644
--- a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/util/launchutils/SipCommunicatorLock.java
+++ b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/util/launchutils/SipCommunicatorLock.java
@@ -734,10 +734,11 @@ public void run()
             int argCount = 1024;
             try
             {
+                BufferedReader lineReader = 
+                    new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));
+                
                 while (true)
                 {
-                    BufferedReader lineReader = new BufferedReader(
-                                    new InputStreamReader(is));
                     String line = lineReader.readLine();
 
                     logger.debug(line);