diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/Config.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/Config.cpp
index 096683d3f..3d34b1ea8 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/Config.cpp
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ void Config::load()
 			smtTmp	= sectionEntries(secConfig, SECTION_RPC_STARTUP);
 			if (smtTmp)
 			{
-				Json::Value	jvArray(Json::arrayValue);
+				RPC_STARTUP = Json::arrayValue;
 
 				BOOST_FOREACH(const std::string& strJson, *smtTmp)
 				{
@@ -316,10 +316,8 @@ void Config::load()
 					if (!jrReader.parse(strJson, jvCommand))
 						throw std::runtime_error(boost::str(boost::format("Couldn't parse [" SECTION_RPC_STARTUP "] command: %s") % strJson));
 
-					jvArray.append(jvCommand);
+					RPC_STARTUP.append(jvCommand);
 				}
-
-				RPC_STARTUP	= jvArray;
 			}
 
 			if (sectionSingleB(secConfig, SECTION_DATABASE_PATH, DATABASE_PATH))