diff --git a/src/QGCPalette.cc b/src/QGCPalette.cc
index edc3267d168d0551595f33a3414e1f837c45edd8..3e3b73925f3cf8594455dbf0e93e7bca02ba6af8 100644
--- a/src/QGCPalette.cc
+++ b/src/QGCPalette.cc
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ QColor QGCPalette::_window[QGCPalette::_cColorGroups];
 QColor QGCPalette::_windowText[QGCPalette::_cColorGroups];
 
 QGCPalette::QGCPalette(QObject* parent) :
-    QObject(parent)
+    QObject(parent),
+    _colorGroup(Active)
 {
     if (!_paletteLoaded) {
         _paletteLoaded = true;
diff --git a/src/QGCPalette.h b/src/QGCPalette.h
index 0ab0675cb36a151d91784e98f472a096ca5e40ae..e07a9adfc7ae310efe8bc48587acbe3091fd2efa 100644
--- a/src/QGCPalette.h
+++ b/src/QGCPalette.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class QGCPalette : public QObject
 
 public:
     enum ColorGroup {
-        Disabled,
+        Disabled = 0,
         Active,
         Inactive
     };