diff --git a/example/example.cpp b/example/example.cpp
index f38416ad..20f1d6cb 100644
--- a/example/example.cpp
+++ b/example/example.cpp
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ void multi_sink_example()
 // User defined types logging by implementing operator<<
 struct my_type
 {
-    int i;
+    int i = 0;
 };
 
 template<>