diff --git a/src/um/UserPool.cc b/src/um/UserPool.cc
index ccd2fb00c2..68512eddd9 100644
--- a/src/um/UserPool.cc
+++ b/src/um/UserPool.cc
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ UserPool::UserPool(SqliteDB * db):PoolSQL(db,User::table)
         string        one_token;
         string        one_name;
         string        one_pass;
-            
+        string        one_auth_file;
+
         const char *  one_auth;
         ifstream      file;
 
@@ -85,10 +86,10 @@ UserPool::UserPool(SqliteDB * db):PoolSQL(db,User::table)
             pw_ent = getpwuid(getuid());
 
             if ((pw_ent != NULL) && (pw_ent->pw_dir != NULL))
-            {                                                       
-                string one_auth_file = pw_ent->pw_dir;
-            
+            {
+                one_auth_file = pw_ent->pw_dir;
                 one_auth_file += "/.one/one_auth";
+
                 one_auth = one_auth_file.c_str();
             }   
             else