--- branches/development/src/io/DumpReader.cpp	2013/05/10 14:59:13	1871
+++ branches/development/src/io/DumpReader.cpp	2013/05/17 14:41:42	1875
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ namespace OpenMD { 
   } 
    
   void DumpReader::scanFile(void) { 
-    int lineNo = 0; 
+
     std::streampos prevPos;
     std::streampos  currPos; 
     
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ namespace OpenMD { 
       bool foundOpenSnapshotTag = false;
       bool foundClosedSnapshotTag = false;
 
+      int lineNo = 0; 
       while(inFile_->getline(buffer, bufferSize)) {
         ++lineNo;