diff --git a/src/mathed/ChangeLog b/src/mathed/ChangeLog
index 7d29a422e2..95a660e872 100644
--- a/src/mathed/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/mathed/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2001-02-19  Dekel Tsur  <dekelts@tau.ac.il>
+
+	* array.C (MathedArray): Fix compilation problem.
 
 2001-02-14  André Pönitz  <poenitz@htwm.de>
 
diff --git a/src/mathed/array.C b/src/mathed/array.C
index 661fee1ae8..b5217e355c 100644
--- a/src/mathed/array.C
+++ b/src/mathed/array.C
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ void * my_memcpy(void * ps_in, void const * pt_in, size_t n)
 
 
 MathedArray::MathedArray()
-	: bf_(1, 0), last_(0)
+	: bf_(1, '\0'), last_(0)
 {}
 
 MathedArray::~MathedArray()