diff --git a/engine/src/core-plugins/com/jme3/font/plugins/BitmapFontLoader.java b/engine/src/core-plugins/com/jme3/font/plugins/BitmapFontLoader.java
index 5c4e89fc1..93d8bb5f0 100644
--- a/engine/src/core-plugins/com/jme3/font/plugins/BitmapFontLoader.java
+++ b/engine/src/core-plugins/com/jme3/font/plugins/BitmapFontLoader.java
@@ -43,23 +43,22 @@ import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import org.omg.PortableInterceptor.SYSTEM_EXCEPTION;
 
 public class BitmapFontLoader implements AssetLoader {
 
     private BitmapFont load(AssetManager assetManager, String folder, InputStream in) throws IOException{
         MaterialDef spriteMat = 
                 (MaterialDef) assetManager.loadAsset(new AssetKey("Common/MatDefs/Misc/Unshaded.j3md"));
-
         BitmapCharacterSet charSet = new BitmapCharacterSet();
         Material[] matPages = null;
         BitmapFont font = new BitmapFont();
 
         BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
-        String regex = "[\\s=]+";
-
+        String regex = "[\\s=]+";      
         font.setCharSet(charSet);
-        while (reader.ready()){
-            String line = reader.readLine();
+        String line;
+        while ((line = reader.readLine())!=null){                        
             String[] tokens = line.split(regex);
             if (tokens[0].equals("info")){
                 // Get rendered size
diff --git a/engine/src/core-plugins/com/jme3/shader/plugins/GLSLLoader.java b/engine/src/core-plugins/com/jme3/shader/plugins/GLSLLoader.java
index ce891df4b..fbd4d4b95 100644
--- a/engine/src/core-plugins/com/jme3/shader/plugins/GLSLLoader.java
+++ b/engine/src/core-plugins/com/jme3/shader/plugins/GLSLLoader.java
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ public class GLSLLoader implements AssetLoader {
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
         BufferedReader bufReader = new BufferedReader(reader);
         try {
-            while (bufReader.ready()) {
-                String ln = bufReader.readLine();
+            String ln;
+            while ((ln = bufReader.readLine()) != null) {                
                 if (ln.trim().startsWith("#import ")) {
                     ln = ln.trim().substring(8).trim();
                     if (ln.startsWith("\"") && ln.endsWith("\"") && ln.length() > 3) {