1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/csv.c b/csv.c
index 52e9bfd..1456d6e 100644
--- a/csv.c
+++ b/csv.c
@@ -257,6 +257,11 @@ csv_read(csv_t *csv, FILE *in)
         assert(csv != NULL);
         assert(in != NULL);
 
+        /* initialze if needed... */
+        if ( csv->csv_options == NULL ) {
+                csv_init(csv);
+        }
+
         /* do not try to read if EOF has already been seen */
         if ( feof(in) ) {
                 csv_cleanup(csv);