diff --git a/src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/CSVStockFileParser.java b/src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/CSVStockFileParser.java
index fa74dde..530ed02 100644
--- a/src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/CSVStockFileParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/CSVStockFileParser.java
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 /** Parses CSV lines into Stock objects. */
 public class CSVStockFileParser {
-  private List<String> lines;
 
   public CSVStockFileParser() {}
 
@@ -19,22 +18,21 @@ public boolean verifyCSV(List<String> lines) {
   }
 
   public List<Stock> parse(List<String> lines) {
+    List<Stock> stocks = new ArrayList<>();
     if (verifyCSV(lines)) {
-      this.lines = lines;
+      lines.stream()
+          .filter(l -> !((l.startsWith("#") || l.isBlank())))
+          .forEach(
+              l -> {
+                String[] split = l.split(",");
+                String symbol = split[0];
+                String company = split[1];
+                BigDecimal price = new BigDecimal(split[2]);
+                stocks.add(new Stock(symbol, company, price));
+              });
     } else {
       throw new InvalidFormatException("Incorrect format for CSV File");
     }
-    List<Stock> stocks = new ArrayList<>();
-    lines.stream()
-        .filter(l -> !((l.startsWith("#") || l.isBlank())))
-        .forEach(
-            l -> {
-              String[] split = l.split(",");
-              String symbol = split[0];
-              String company = split[1];
-              BigDecimal price = new BigDecimal(split[2]);
-              stocks.add(new Stock(symbol, company, price));
-            });
     return stocks;
   }
 }