diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/launcher/AdminPropertiesSetter.java b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/launcher/AdminPropertiesSetter.java
index 5c1c2ed60..c32687226 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/launcher/AdminPropertiesSetter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/launcher/AdminPropertiesSetter.java
@@ -92,11 +92,13 @@ class AdminPropertiesSetter {
 	//visible for testing
 	static Properties loadAdminProperties(Path adminPropertiesPath) {
 		var adminProps = new Properties();
-		try (var reader = Files.newBufferedReader(adminPropertiesPath, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) {
-			if(Files.size(adminPropertiesPath) > MAX_CONFIG_SIZE_BYTES) {
+		try {
+			if (Files.size(adminPropertiesPath) > MAX_CONFIG_SIZE_BYTES) {
 				throw new IOException("Config file %s exceeds maximum size of %d".formatted(adminPropertiesPath, MAX_CONFIG_SIZE_BYTES));
 			}
-			adminProps.load(reader);
+			try (var reader = Files.newBufferedReader(adminPropertiesPath, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) {
+				adminProps.load(reader);
+			}
 		} catch (NoSuchFileException _) {
 			//NO-OP
 			LOG.debug("No admin properties found at  {}.", adminPropertiesPath);