diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Source.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Source.java
index 38b4411b4e..5460d255ef 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Source.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Source.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
  */
 package org.jooq;
 
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ public final class Source {
             else if (inputStream != null)
                 return inputStreamReader(inputStream);
             else if (file != null)
-                return inputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(file));
+                return new BufferedReader(inputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(file)));
             else
                 throw new IllegalStateException("Could not produce a reader from this source");
         }
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/LoaderImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/LoaderImpl.java
index 0882a0253d..d645b28b3a 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/LoaderImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/LoaderImpl.java
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ package org.jooq.impl;
 
 import static org.jooq.impl.Tools.EMPTY_FIELD;
 
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
@@ -647,10 +646,10 @@ final class LoaderImpl<R extends Record> implements
     }
 
     private void executeJSON() throws IOException {
-        BufferedReader reader = null;
+        Reader reader = null;
 
         try {
-            reader = new BufferedReader(input.reader());
+            reader = input.reader();
             Result<Record> r = new JSONReader(create).read(reader);
             source = r.fields();