diff --git a/dbmigration/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/dbmigration/postgresql/DumpPreparator.java b/dbmigration/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/dbmigration/postgresql/DumpPreparator.java
index 580c761ab8112b7e71685f6b7a796b796e94261a..284ce239641ff889b93da5ec73f9edf943e4f9dd 100644
--- a/dbmigration/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/dbmigration/postgresql/DumpPreparator.java
+++ b/dbmigration/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/dbmigration/postgresql/DumpPreparator.java
@@ -271,16 +271,15 @@ public class DumpPreparator
 
         private void writeTo(File folder, String fileName, List<String> lines) throws IOException
         {
-            FileWriter writer = null;
+            PrintWriter writer = null;
             try
             {
-                File file = new File(folder, fileName);
+                final File file = new File(folder, fileName);
                 System.out.println("   create " + file.getAbsolutePath());
-                writer = new FileWriter(file);
-                PrintWriter printWriter = new PrintWriter(writer, true);
+                writer = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter(file), true);
                 for (String line : lines)
                 {
-                    printWriter.println(line);
+                    writer.println(line);
                 }
             } finally
             {