diff --git a/src/ui/MainWindow.cc b/src/ui/MainWindow.cc
index dc50d0ea1ac8c1aab335e04cc3c3ba6d4fdcfbd5..3ba4b9a4612e8be001b14c20ea3e5d6d0dd0aff2 100644
--- a/src/ui/MainWindow.cc
+++ b/src/ui/MainWindow.cc
@@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@ void MainWindow::_storeCurrentViewState(void)
 /// Restores the state of the toolbar, status bar and widgets associated with the current view
 void MainWindow::_loadCurrentViewState(void)
 {
-    QWidget* centerView;
+    QWidget* centerView = NULL;
     QString defaultWidgets;
     
     switch (_currentView) {