diff --git a/src/common/kiwix/indexer.cpp b/src/common/kiwix/indexer.cpp
index b1c477148..1d59acf3f 100644
--- a/src/common/kiwix/indexer.cpp
+++ b/src/common/kiwix/indexer.cpp
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ namespace kiwix {
     
     while(this->currentArticleOffset < thresholdOffset && 
 	  this->currentArticleOffset < this->lastArticleOffset) {
+
+      zim::Article currentArticle;
       
       /* Get next non redirect article */
       do {
diff --git a/src/common/kiwix/indexer.h b/src/common/kiwix/indexer.h
index 6f9ab5636..b58dda0a7 100644
--- a/src/common/kiwix/indexer.h
+++ b/src/common/kiwix/indexer.h
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ namespace kiwix {
     zim::size_type firstArticleOffset;
     zim::size_type lastArticleOffset;
     zim::size_type currentArticleOffset;
-    zim::Article currentArticle;
     
     Xapian::WritableDatabase *writableDatabase;
     Xapian::Stem stemmer;