diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalSettingsModel/Command.cpp b/src/cascadia/TerminalSettingsModel/Command.cpp
index a32ed4efa79..70f63091a1f 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalSettingsModel/Command.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalSettingsModel/Command.cpp
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::Settings::Model::implementation
         auto data = winrt::to_string(json);
 
         std::string errs;
-        static std::unique_ptr<Json::CharReader> reader{ Json::CharReaderBuilder{}.newCharReader() };
+        std::unique_ptr<Json::CharReader> reader{ Json::CharReaderBuilder{}.newCharReader() };
         Json::Value root;
         if (!reader->parse(data.data(), data.data() + data.size(), &root, &errs))
         {