diff --git a/red/storage/localfilesystem.js b/red/storage/localfilesystem.js
index 42b2af0a9..62102f0e9 100644
--- a/red/storage/localfilesystem.js
+++ b/red/storage/localfilesystem.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ var flowsFile;
 var flowsFullPath;
 var flowsFileBackup;
 var credentialsFile;
+var credentialsFileBackup;
 var oldCredentialsFile;
 var userDir;
 var libDir;