1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/base/java-tools/src/com/netscape/cmstools/PrettyPrintCert.java b/base/java-tools/src/com/netscape/cmstools/PrettyPrintCert.java
index a713fb5a3..90d1eff9e 100644
--- a/base/java-tools/src/com/netscape/cmstools/PrettyPrintCert.java
+++ b/base/java-tools/src/com/netscape/cmstools/PrettyPrintCert.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class PrettyPrintCert {
     public static void main(String argv[]) {
 
         BufferedReader inputCert = null;
-        String encodedBASE64CertChunk = "";
+        String encodedBASE64CertChunk;
         StringBuffer encodedBASE64Cert = new StringBuffer();
 
         byte decodedBASE64Cert[] = null;