diff --git a/src/read/load_data.m b/src/read/load_data.m
index 9dd48d63853b0bf173fba46e7f5d0ad7a59bc920..d0606c6712cd03bed6e202cd70439a32f0c1eeb3 100644
--- a/src/read/load_data.m
+++ b/src/read/load_data.m
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ elseif check_file_extension(filename,'db')
     [data, init, varlist] = fame.getall.timeseries(db);
     fame.close.database(db);
     fame.close.connector(FameInfo);
+    tex = [];
 else
     error('dseries:WrongInputArguments', 'I''m not able to load data from %s!', filename);
 end