diff --git a/src/blackgui/models/listmodelbase.cpp b/src/blackgui/models/listmodelbase.cpp
index 958025360..134020b28 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/models/listmodelbase.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/models/listmodelbase.cpp
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
         {
             if (index.row() < 0 || index.row() >= this->m_container.size())
             {
-                const static ObjectType def; // default object
+                static const ObjectType def{}; // default object
                 return def;
             }
             else