diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/database/FlatfileDatabaseManager.java b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/database/FlatfileDatabaseManager.java
index cc659665d..8cf21b833 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/database/FlatfileDatabaseManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/database/FlatfileDatabaseManager.java
@@ -116,10 +116,6 @@ public final class FlatfileDatabaseManager implements DatabaseManager {
                 String line = "";
 
                 while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
-                    // Length checks depend on last character being ':'
-                    if (line.charAt(line.length() - 1) != ':') {
-                        line = line + ":";
-                    }
                     String[] character = line.split(":");
                     String name = character[0];
                     long lastPlayed;
@@ -587,6 +583,10 @@ public final class FlatfileDatabaseManager implements DatabaseManager {
                     String line = "";
 
                     while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
+                        // Length checks depend on last character being ':'
+                        if (line.charAt(line.length() - 1) != ':') {
+                            line = line + ":";
+                        }
                         String[] character = line.split(":");
 
                         // If they're valid, rewrite them to the file.