--- trunk/src/io/NonBondedInteractionsSectionParser.cpp	2013/06/16 15:15:42	1879
+++ trunk/src/io/NonBondedInteractionsSectionParser.cpp	2015/03/07 21:41:51	2071
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ namespace OpenMD {
     
     NonBondedInteractionTypeEnum nbit = getNonBondedInteractionTypeEnum(itype);
     nTokens -= 3;
-    NonBondedInteractionType* interactionType;
+    NonBondedInteractionType* interactionType = NULL;
     
     //switch is a nightmare to maintain
     switch(nbit) {