1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index f2a3c66b..e1cdd3d3 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -288,12 +288,18 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (argc < 2)
 		usage(EXIT_FAILURE, stderr);
 
+	/* initialize the null string */
+	Nnull_string = make_string("", 0);
+
 	/* Robustness: check that file descriptors 0, 1, 2 are open */
 	init_fds();
 
 	/* init array handling. */
 	array_init();
 
+	/* init the symbol tables */
+	init_symbol_table();
+
 	output_fp = stdout;
 
 	/* we do error messages ourselves on invalid options */
@@ -588,8 +594,6 @@ out:
 	/* load group set */
 	init_groupset();
 
-	/* initialize the null string */
-	Nnull_string = make_string("", 0);
 #ifdef HAVE_MPFR
 	if (do_mpfr) {
 		mpz_init(Nnull_string->mpg_i);