diff --git a/src/engine/ConfigParsing/EffectsParser.java b/src/engine/ConfigParsing/EffectsParser.java
index 7bd4992f..470b00e2 100644
--- a/src/engine/ConfigParsing/EffectsParser.java
+++ b/src/engine/ConfigParsing/EffectsParser.java
@@ -34,12 +34,15 @@ public class EffectsParser {
 
     public static void parseWpakFile() throws IOException {
 
+        // Read .wpak file from disk
+
         byte[] fileData = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(EffectsPath));
         String fileContents = new String(fileData);
-        Matcher matcher = EFFECT_REGEX.matcher(fileContents);
 
         // Iterate effect entries from .wpak config data
 
+        Matcher matcher = EFFECT_REGEX.matcher(fileContents);
+
         while (matcher.find()) {
             EffectEntry effectEntry = parseEffectEntry(matcher.group());
             effect_data.put(effectEntry.id, effectEntry);