--- trunk/src/io/DumpWriter.cpp	2014/04/15 12:12:23	1982
+++ trunk/src/io/DumpWriter.cpp	2014/04/15 20:36:19	1983
@@ -737,8 +737,9 @@ namespace OpenMD {
   }
 
   void DumpWriter::writeEor() {
-    std::ostream* eorStream;
-    
+
+    std::ostream* eorStream = NULL;
+
 #ifdef IS_MPI
     if (worldRank == 0) {
 #endif // is_mpi