diff --git a/midiseq.c b/midiseq.c
index 4e2deb6..e1c2c2b 100644
--- a/midiseq.c
+++ b/midiseq.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static int process(jack_nframes_t nframes, void *arg)
 int main(int narg, char **args)
 {
 	int i;
-	jack_nframes_t nframes;
+
 	if((narg<6) || ((narg-3)%3 !=0))
 	{
 		usage();
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ int main(int narg, char **args)
 	}
 	jack_set_process_callback (client, process, 0);
 	output_port = jack_port_register (client, "out", JACK_DEFAULT_MIDI_TYPE, JackPortIsOutput, 0);
-	nframes = jack_get_buffer_size(client);
+
 	loop_index = 0;
 	num_notes = (narg - 3)/3;
 	note_frqs = malloc(num_notes*sizeof(unsigned char));