--- reader.c.orig	1993-07-02 02:13:56.000000000 -0600
+++ reader.c	2009-05-19 00:31:16.000000000 -0600
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
 static RTFStyle	*styleList = (RTFStyle *) NULL;
 
 
-static FILE	*rtffp = stdin;
+static FILE	*rtffp = NULL;
 
 
 /*
@@ -584,6 +584,8 @@
 {
 int	c;
 
+	if (rtffp == NULL)
+		rtffp = stdin;
 	if ((c = getc (rtffp)) != EOF)
 	{
 		if (c & 0x80)