diff --git a/MeshLib/Properties.cpp b/MeshLib/Properties.cpp
index 3c29f8605d648829231bfbc914176f9ff626ff46..8a08637402359ffb483bca7a093fe46156f95fc8 100644
--- a/MeshLib/Properties.cpp
+++ b/MeshLib/Properties.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Properties Properties::excludeCopyProperties(
             exclude_mesh_item_types.end())
             continue;
 
-        std::vector<std::size_t> const exclude_positions;
+        std::vector<std::size_t> const exclude_positions{};
         new_properties._properties.insert(
             std::make_pair(property_vector.first,
             property_vector.second->clone(exclude_positions))