SelectionGroup is initially null

diff --git a/src/jalview/appletgui/AlignViewport.java b/src/jalview/appletgui/AlignViewport.java
index cd6515e..1bc1b51 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/jalview/appletgui/AlignViewport.java
+++ b/src/jalview/appletgui/AlignViewport.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class AlignViewport
   boolean conservationColourSelected = false;\r
   boolean abovePIDThreshold = false;\r
 \r
-  SequenceGroup selectionGroup = new SequenceGroup();\r
+  SequenceGroup selectionGroup;\r
 \r
   int charHeight;\r
   int charWidth;\r