diff --git a/prism/src/parser/PrismParser.java b/prism/src/parser/PrismParser.java
index b6753290..60182b44 100644
--- a/prism/src/parser/PrismParser.java
+++ b/prism/src/parser/PrismParser.java
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ public class PrismParser implements PrismParserConstants {
 
         // List of keyword strings
         private static ArrayList<String> keywordList = new ArrayList<String>();
+        {
+                keywordList.clear();
+                for (int i = PrismParserConstants.COMMENT+1; i < PrismParserConstants.NOT; i++) {
+                        keywordList.add(PrismParserConstants.tokenImage[i].replaceAll("\u005c"", ""));
+                }
+        }
 
         //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         // Main method for testing purposes
@@ -85,11 +91,6 @@ public class PrismParser implements PrismParserConstants {
         {
                 // Call default constructor
                 this(System.in);
-                // Build a list of strings for keywords
-                keywordList.clear();
-                for (int i = PrismParserConstants.COMMENT+1; i < PrismParserConstants.NOT; i++) {
-                        keywordList.add(PrismParserConstants.tokenImage[i].replaceAll("\u005c"", ""));
-                }
         }
 
         // Parse modules file
diff --git a/prism/src/parser/PrismParser.jj b/prism/src/parser/PrismParser.jj
index 692df6cd..7a7de295 100644
--- a/prism/src/parser/PrismParser.jj
+++ b/prism/src/parser/PrismParser.jj
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ public class PrismParser
 	
 	// List of keyword strings
 	private static ArrayList<String> keywordList = new ArrayList<String>();
+	{
+		keywordList.clear();
+		for (int i = PrismParserConstants.COMMENT+1; i < PrismParserConstants.NOT; i++) {
+			keywordList.add(PrismParserConstants.tokenImage[i].replaceAll("\"", ""));
+		}
+	}
 	
 	//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 	// Main method for testing purposes
@@ -118,11 +124,6 @@ public class PrismParser
 	{
 		// Call default constructor
 		this(System.in);
-		// Build a list of strings for keywords
-		keywordList.clear();
-		for (int i = PrismParserConstants.COMMENT+1; i < PrismParserConstants.NOT; i++) {
-			keywordList.add(PrismParserConstants.tokenImage[i].replaceAll("\"", ""));
-		}
 	}
 	
 	// Parse modules file