diff --git a/Modules/DICOMReaderServices/src/mitkManualSelectingDICOMReaderService.cpp b/Modules/DICOMReaderServices/src/mitkManualSelectingDICOMReaderService.cpp
index 47db50fdaa..ffdd7bb056 100644
--- a/Modules/DICOMReaderServices/src/mitkManualSelectingDICOMReaderService.cpp
+++ b/Modules/DICOMReaderServices/src/mitkManualSelectingDICOMReaderService.cpp
@@ -1,64 +1,62 @@
 /*============================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
 All rights reserved.
 
 Use of this source code is governed by a 3-clause BSD license that can be
 found in the LICENSE file.
 
 ============================================================================*/
 
 #include "mitkManualSelectingDICOMReaderService.h"
 
 namespace mitk {
 
 ManualSelectingDICOMReaderService::ManualSelectingDICOMReaderService()
-  : BaseDICOMReaderService("MITK DICOM Reader v2 (manual)")
+  : BaseDICOMReaderService("MITK DICOM Reader v2 (manual)"), m_Selector(mitk::DICOMFileReaderSelector::New())
 {
   Options defaultOptions;
 
-  m_Selector = mitk::DICOMFileReaderSelector::New();
-
   m_Selector->LoadBuiltIn3DConfigs();
   m_Selector->LoadBuiltIn3DnTConfigs();
 
   auto readers = m_Selector->GetAllConfiguredReaders();
 
   std::vector<std::string> configs;
   for (const auto& reader : readers)
   {
     configs.push_back(reader->GetConfigurationLabel());
   }
   defaultOptions["Configuration"] = configs;
 
   this->SetDefaultOptions(defaultOptions);
 
   this->RegisterService();
 }
 
 DICOMFileReader::Pointer ManualSelectingDICOMReaderService::GetReader(const mitk::StringList& /*relevantFiles*/) const
 {
   const auto label = this->GetOption("Configuration").ToString();
 
-  mitk::DICOMFileReader::Pointer selectedReader = nullptr;
+  mitk::DICOMFileReader::Pointer selectedReader;
   
   auto readers = m_Selector->GetAllConfiguredReaders();
   for (const auto& reader : readers)
   {
     if (label == reader->GetConfigurationLabel())
     {
       selectedReader = reader;
     }
   }
 
   return selectedReader;
 };
 
 ManualSelectingDICOMReaderService* ManualSelectingDICOMReaderService::Clone() const
 {
   return new ManualSelectingDICOMReaderService(*this);
 }
 
 }