diff --git a/src/libprojectM/Renderer/Renderer.hpp b/src/libprojectM/Renderer/Renderer.hpp
index e6fd83f71..8955f8d58 100644
--- a/src/libprojectM/Renderer/Renderer.hpp
+++ b/src/libprojectM/Renderer/Renderer.hpp
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public:
     bool correction{ true };
 
     bool noSwitch{ false };
-    bool writeNextFrameToFile;
+    bool writeNextFrameToFile{ false };
 
     milliseconds lastTimeFPS{ nowMilliseconds() };
     milliseconds currentTimeFPS{ nowMilliseconds() };