Index: applications/editors/josm/plugins/opendata/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/opendata/OdPlugin.java
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--- applications/editors/josm/plugins/opendata/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/opendata/OdPlugin.java	(revision 28191)
+++ applications/editors/josm/plugins/opendata/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/opendata/OdPlugin.java	(revision 28246)
@@ -66,5 +66,5 @@
 	private static OdPlugin instance;
 	
-	public final XmlImporter xmlImporter;
+	public final XmlImporter xmlImporter = new XmlImporter();
 	
 	private final JMenu menu;
@@ -82,5 +82,5 @@
 				new KmlKmzImporter(), new ShpImporter(), new MifTabImporter(), new GmlImporter(), // Geographic file formats
 				new ZipImporter(), // Archive containing any of the others
-				xmlImporter = new XmlImporter() // Generic importer for XML files (currently used for Neptune files)
+				xmlImporter // Generic importer for XML files (currently used for Neptune files)
 		})) {
 			ExtensionFileFilter.importers.add(0, importer);
