diff --git a/sources/JadeitePreferences.cls b/sources/JadeitePreferences.cls
index 511f6314..0255be7a 100644
--- a/sources/JadeitePreferences.cls
+++ b/sources/JadeitePreferences.cls
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ transcriptEnabled: booleanString session: session
 	"file syntax - transcriptEnabled false"
 
 	| answeringService boolean |
-	false ifTrue:[self transcriptEnabled: booleanString session: session].  "to avoid getting stripped in runtime" 
 	boolean := booleanString = 'true'.
 	answeringService := RowanAnsweringService new.
 	(answeringService isTranscriptInstalledIn: session) == boolean
diff --git a/sources/Rowan UI Base.pax b/sources/Rowan UI Base.pax
index fa8886e9..a3d6e5a6 100644
--- a/sources/Rowan UI Base.pax	
+++ b/sources/Rowan UI Base.pax	
@@ -756,7 +756,9 @@ postLoadClientPreferences
 						perform: message
 						with: nextLine subStrings last
 						with: self]]]
-			ensure: [file close]!
+			ensure: [^file close].
+	"unreachable code"
+	[JadeitePreferences new transcriptEnabled: nil session: nil].  "to avoid getting stripped in runtime" !
 
 postLoadServerPreferences
 	self