diff --git a/android/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/TtsService.java b/android/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/TtsService.java
index c0a5dfb6..34b07c00 100644
--- a/android/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/TtsService.java
+++ b/android/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/TtsService.java
@@ -114,10 +114,9 @@ public class TtsService extends TextToSpeechService {
 
     @Override
     protected int onIsLanguageAvailable(String language, String country, String variant) {
-        Context context = getApplicationContext();
         if (!mEngineInitialized ||
-            !CheckVoiceData.hasBaseResources(context) ||
-            CheckVoiceData.canUpgradeResources(context)) {
+            !CheckVoiceData.hasBaseResources(this) ||
+            CheckVoiceData.canUpgradeResources(this)) {
             return TextToSpeech.LANG_MISSING_DATA;
         }