diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 7886b75..fce2a8f 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -322,10 +322,10 @@
     try
     {
         sdeventplus::Event event = sdeventplus::Event::get_default();
+        std::optional<sdeventplus::source::IO> reporterSource;
         if (postFd > 0)
         {
-
-            sdeventplus::source::IO reporterSource(
+            reporterSource.emplace(
                 event, postFd, EPOLLIN | EPOLLET,
                 std::bind_front(PostCodeEventHandler, &reporter, verbose));
         }