1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/base/java-tools/src/com/netscape/cmstools/AtoB.java b/base/java-tools/src/com/netscape/cmstools/AtoB.java
index fe743fc5c..e3059b0d1 100644
--- a/base/java-tools/src/com/netscape/cmstools/AtoB.java
+++ b/base/java-tools/src/com/netscape/cmstools/AtoB.java
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ public class AtoB {
     public static void main(String argv[]) {
 
         BufferedReader inputBlob = null;
-        String asciiBASE64BlobChunk = new String();
-        String asciiBASE64Blob = new String();
+        String asciiBASE64BlobChunk = "";
+        String asciiBASE64Blob = "";
         byte binaryBASE64Blob[] = null;
         FileOutputStream outputBlob = null;