diff --git a/contrib/spellchecker/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/spell/PlainTextDictionary.java b/contrib/spellchecker/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/spell/PlainTextDictionary.java
index 230b923744e..9467f965a36 100755
--- a/contrib/spellchecker/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/spell/PlainTextDictionary.java
+++ b/contrib/spellchecker/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/spell/PlainTextDictionary.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class PlainTextDictionary implements Dictionary {
 
 
     public PlainTextDictionary (InputStream dictFile) {
-        in=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
+        in=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(dictFile));
     }