diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 421def7b..61a7e7d4 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -610,6 +610,8 @@ STREAM *streamfdopen(int fd, const char *mode, std::string const &fname) {
 STREAM *streamfpopen(FILE *fp) {
 	STREAM *s = new STREAM;
 	s->fp = fp;
+	s->gz = false;
+
 	return s;
 }