diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1270e64..416458b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@
 History
 -------
 
+v1.4.2, 15 Nov 2014
+-------------------
+ * Fixed goroutine leak in parser which created two lexers but cleaned up only one
+
 v1.4.1, 13 Nov 2014
 -------------------
  * (Issue #1) Fixed bug in Keys() method which returned an empty string
diff --git a/parser.go b/parser.go
index e6efccc..d996d00 100644
--- a/parser.go
+++ b/parser.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 	p := &parser{lex: lex(input)}
 	defer p.recover(&err)
 
-	p.lex = lex(input)
 	properties = NewProperties()
 
 	for {