diff --git a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hdf/extractor/WordDocument.java b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hdf/extractor/WordDocument.java
index b21dead6f..59dbb9c4d 100644
--- a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hdf/extractor/WordDocument.java
+++ b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hdf/extractor/WordDocument.java
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public class WordDocument
   int _ccpFtn;
 
   /** The name of the file to write to */
-  String _outName
+  private static String _outName;
 
   /** OLE stuff*/
   private InputStream istream;