diff --git a/.mvn/local-settings.xml b/.mvn/local-settings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84b37cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mvn/local-settings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
+          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
+    <proxies>
+    </proxies>
+    <servers>
+        <server>
+            <id>ossrh</id>
+            <username>${env.OSSRH_USERNAME}</username>
+            <password>${env.OSSRH_PASSWORD}</password>
+        </server>
+    </servers>
+</settings>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e2e2ed1..4cd5dd1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ This library is available on Maven Central. Use the following information to inc
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.riscure</groupId>
       <artifactId>trsfile</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.6</version>
+      <version>2.2.7</version>
     </dependency>
 
 #### Basic
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e5de10a..de92e60 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.riscure</groupId>
     <artifactId>trsfile</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.6</version>
+    <version>2.2.7</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>1.6.7</version>
+                    <version>1.6.14</version>
                 </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
@@ -223,7 +223,12 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+
     <distributionManagement>
+        <repository>
+            <id>ossrh</id>
+            <url>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+        </repository>
         <snapshotRepository>
             <id>ossrh</id>
             <url>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/riscure/trs/TraceSet.java b/src/main/java/com/riscure/trs/TraceSet.java
index 85cf8dc..ee46acb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/riscure/trs/TraceSet.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/riscure/trs/TraceSet.java
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ public class TraceSet implements AutoCloseable {
     private static final String UNKNOWN_SAMPLE_CODING = "Error reading TRS file: unknown sample coding '%d'";
     private static final long MAX_BUFFER_SIZE = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
     private static final String PARAMETER_NOT_DEFINED = "Parameter %s is saved in the trace, but was not found in the header definition";
-    private static final CharsetDecoder UTF8_DECODER = StandardCharsets.UTF_8.newDecoder();
 
     //Reading variables
     private int metaDataSize;
@@ -56,9 +55,11 @@ public class TraceSet implements AutoCloseable {
 
     //Shared variables
     private final TRSMetaData metaData;
-    private boolean open;
     private final boolean writing;        //whether the trace is opened in write mode
     private final Path path;
+    private final CharsetDecoder utf8Decoder = StandardCharsets.UTF_8.newDecoder();
+
+    private boolean open;
 
     private TraceSet(String inputFileName) throws IOException, TRSFormatException {
         this.writing = false;
@@ -244,10 +245,10 @@ private String fitUtf8StringToByteLength(String s, int maxBytes) {
         ByteBuffer bb = ByteBuffer.wrap(sba, 0, maxBytes);
         CharBuffer cb = CharBuffer.allocate(maxBytes);
         // Ignore an incomplete character
-        UTF8_DECODER.reset();
-        UTF8_DECODER.onMalformedInput(CodingErrorAction.IGNORE);
-        UTF8_DECODER.decode(bb, cb, true);
-        UTF8_DECODER.flush(cb);
+        utf8Decoder.reset();
+        utf8Decoder.onMalformedInput(CodingErrorAction.IGNORE);
+        utf8Decoder.decode(bb, cb, true);
+        utf8Decoder.flush(cb);
         return new String(cb.array(), 0, cb.position());
     }