diff --git a/src/apps/terminal/UTF8Char.h b/src/apps/terminal/UTF8Char.h
index a981c003de..1e911b81c7 100644
--- a/src/apps/terminal/UTF8Char.h
+++ b/src/apps/terminal/UTF8Char.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ struct UTF8Char {
 
 	UTF8Char()
 	{
+		bytes[0] = 0;
 	}
 
 	UTF8Char(char c)