diff --git a/particles.cpp b/particles.cpp
index 361f2b8c..58bc2f22 100644
--- a/particles.cpp
+++ b/particles.cpp
@@ -474,7 +474,10 @@ particle_manager::find( std::string const &Template ) {
     }
     // ... and if it fails try to add the template to the database from a data file
     smoke_source source;
-    if( source.deserialize( cParser( templatepath + templatename + ".txt", cParser::buffer_FILE ) ) ) {
+	cParser parser(templatepath + templatename + ".txt", cParser::buffer_FILE);
+
+    if (source.deserialize(parser))
+	{
         // if deserialization didn't fail finish source setup...
         source.m_opacitymodifier.bind( &Global.SmokeFidelity );
         // ...then cache the source as template for future instances