Index: trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/cmd.data/rd.c
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--- trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/cmd.data/rd.c	(revision 17903)
+++ trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/cmd.data/rd.c	(revision 18083)
@@ -182,4 +182,5 @@
     Header theader;
     ftable.header = &theader;
+    ftable.header[0].buffer = NULL;
     gfits_copy_header (&buf[0].header, ftable.header);
     status = gfits_fread_ftable_data (f, &ftable);  // this just reads the bytes (not even a SWAP)
