diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3858810..f694442 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 vendor/*
 .idea/*
 tmp/*
+.phpunit.result.cache
+tests/.phpunit.result.cache
 tests/test_output_*.ged
 tests/test_converted_*.ged
-tests/tmp_gedcom70_output.ged
\ No newline at end of file
+tests/tmp_gedcom70_output.ged
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 6f2696d..e8e8db3 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -11,10 +11,7 @@
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^11.0",
-        "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3.8",
-        "rector/rector": "^1.0",
-        "driftingly/rector-laravel": "^1.0",
-        "phpstan/phpstan": "^1.10"
+        "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3.8"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": {
diff --git a/src/Parser.php b/src/Parser.php
index 2c6b9b1..9ff25e2 100644
--- a/src/Parser.php
+++ b/src/Parser.php
@@ -13,14 +13,23 @@ class Parser implements ParserInterface
     private int $currentLine = 0;
     private array $errors = [];
 
-    // PHP 8.4 property hooks for lazy initialization
-    private \SplFileObject $fileHandle {
-        get => $this->fileHandle ??= new \SplFileObject($this->fileName, 'r');
-    }
+    // Lazy-initialized file handle for streaming
+    private ?\SplFileObject $fileHandle = null;
 
     private string $fileName;
     private bool $useStreaming = false;
 
+    /**
+     * Get the file handle, creating it if it doesn't exist (lazy initialization)
+     */
+    private function getFileHandle(): \SplFileObject
+    {
+        if ($this->fileHandle === null) {
+            $this->fileHandle = new \SplFileObject($this->fileName, 'r');
+        }
+        return $this->fileHandle;
+    }
+
     public function __construct()
     {
         $this->gedcom = new Gedcom();
@@ -103,9 +112,10 @@ public function parse(string $fileName): ?Gedcom
      */
     private function parseStreaming(): ?Gedcom
     {
-        $this->fileHandle->setFlags(\SplFileObject::READ_AHEAD | \SplFileObject::SKIP_EMPTY | \SplFileObject::DROP_NEW_LINE);
+        $fileHandle = $this->getFileHandle();
+        $fileHandle->setFlags(\SplFileObject::READ_AHEAD | \SplFileObject::SKIP_EMPTY | \SplFileObject::DROP_NEW_LINE);
 
-        foreach ($this->fileHandle as $lineNumber => $line) {
+        foreach ($fileHandle as $lineNumber => $line) {
             $record = $this->parseLine($line);
 
             if (empty($record)) {
diff --git a/tests/library/Gedcom/ParserTest.php b/tests/library/Gedcom/ParserTest.php
index b564cb3..b0281da 100644
--- a/tests/library/Gedcom/ParserTest.php
+++ b/tests/library/Gedcom/ParserTest.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 namespace GedcomTest;
 
+use Gedcom\Gedcom;
 use Gedcom\Parser;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Test;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ public function testHead()
         $this->assertEquals($head->getSubm(), 'SUBMITTER');
         $this->assertEquals($head->getSubn(), 'SUBMISSION');
 
-        $this->assertEquals($head->getDest(), 'ANSTFILE');
+        $this->assertEquals($head->getDest()->getDest(), 'ANSTFILE');
 
         $this->assertEquals($head->getDate()->getDate(), '1 JAN 1998');
         $this->assertEquals($head->getDate()->getTime(), '13:57:24.80');
diff --git a/tests/phpunit.xml b/tests/phpunit.xml
index 3fec931..bb14fe0 100755
--- a/tests/phpunit.xml
+++ b/tests/phpunit.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
          displayDetailsOnTestsThatTriggerErrors="true" 
          displayDetailsOnTestsThatTriggerNotices="true"
          displayDetailsOnTestsThatTriggerWarnings="true"
-         requireCoverageMetadata="true">
+         requireCoverageMetadata="false">
     <testsuites>
         <testsuite name="default">
             <directory>library/Gedcom/</directory>