diff --git a/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/I2PTunnelConnectClient.java b/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/I2PTunnelConnectClient.java
index 455c170ba747dade83032571814310d88105e385..1014a986b71438b91a75c2650be2d156c2041a4e 100644
--- a/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/I2PTunnelConnectClient.java
+++ b/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/I2PTunnelConnectClient.java
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ public class I2PTunnelConnectClient extends I2PTunnelHTTPClientBase implements R
                 // since we are passing the stream on to I2PTunnelRunner
                 line = DataHelper.readLine(in);
                 if(line == null) {
-                    line = ""; // prevent NPE, Is this what we need to do?
+                    break;
                 }
                 line = line.trim();
                 if (_log.shouldLog(Log.DEBUG))