diff --git a/src/ui/MainWindow.cc b/src/ui/MainWindow.cc
index a885ab52ff8a17993b2ec8b9873efba355a1e3a5..adbf6f91f3424e7d551c63f15462c4b9acc39435 100644
--- a/src/ui/MainWindow.cc
+++ b/src/ui/MainWindow.cc
@@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ 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) {