diff --git a/escher/src/buffer_text_view.cpp b/escher/src/buffer_text_view.cpp
index d372edff2..f0eeab469 100644
--- a/escher/src/buffer_text_view.cpp
+++ b/escher/src/buffer_text_view.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 BufferTextView::BufferTextView(KDText::FontSize size, float horizontalAlignment, float verticalAlignment,
     KDColor textColor, KDColor backgroundColor) :
-  TextView(size, horizontalAlignment, verticalAlignment, textColor, backgroundColor)
+  TextView(size, horizontalAlignment, verticalAlignment, textColor, backgroundColor),
+  m_buffer("")
 {
 }