diff --git a/sdk/jme3-welcome-screen/src/com/jme3/gde/welcome/WelcomeScreenTopComponent.java b/sdk/jme3-welcome-screen/src/com/jme3/gde/welcome/WelcomeScreenTopComponent.java
index 894552712..8e4c60f23 100644
--- a/sdk/jme3-welcome-screen/src/com/jme3/gde/welcome/WelcomeScreenTopComponent.java
+++ b/sdk/jme3-welcome-screen/src/com/jme3/gde/welcome/WelcomeScreenTopComponent.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ preferredID = "WelcomeScreenTopComponent")
 })
 public final class WelcomeScreenTopComponent extends TopComponent implements HyperlinkListener {
 
-    private final RssFeedParser parser = new RssFeedParser(org.openide.util.NbBundle.getMessage(WelcomeScreenTopComponent.class, "WelcomeScreenTopComponent.rss.link"));
+//    private final RssFeedParser parser = new RssFeedParser(org.openide.util.NbBundle.getMessage(WelcomeScreenTopComponent.class, "WelcomeScreenTopComponent.rss.link"));
 
     public WelcomeScreenTopComponent() {
         initComponents();
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public final class WelcomeScreenTopComponent extends TopComponent implements Hyp
                 Exceptions.printStackTrace(ex1);
             }
         }
-        parser.updateFeed();
+//        parser.updateFeed();
     }
 
     @Override