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diff --git a/src/jalview/ext/ensembl/EnsemblGene.java b/src/jalview/ext/ensembl/EnsemblGene.java
index 2d15f7c..63a6a6c 100644
--- a/src/jalview/ext/ensembl/EnsemblGene.java
+++ b/src/jalview/ext/ensembl/EnsemblGene.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class EnsemblGene extends EnsemblSeqProxy
    * accepts anything as we will attempt lookup of gene or 
    * transcript id or gene name
    */
-  private static final Regex ACCESSION_REGEX = new Regex(".*");
+  private static Regex ACCESSION_REGEX;
 
   private static final EnsemblFeatureType[] FEATURES_TO_FETCH = {
       EnsemblFeatureType.gene, EnsemblFeatureType.transcript,
@@ -606,6 +606,10 @@ public class EnsemblGene extends EnsemblSeqProxy
   @Override
   public Regex getAccessionValidator()
   {
+    if (ACCESSION_REGEX == null)
+    {
+      ACCESSION_REGEX = Platform.newRegex(".*", null);
+    }
     return ACCESSION_REGEX;
   }