diff --git a/arangod/Agency/ApplicationAgency.cpp b/arangod/Agency/ApplicationAgency.cpp
index 367eddf888..3ba8f64f1f 100644
--- a/arangod/Agency/ApplicationAgency.cpp
+++ b/arangod/Agency/ApplicationAgency.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ using namespace arangodb::rest;
 ApplicationAgency::ApplicationAgency()
   : ApplicationFeature("agency"), _size(1), _min_election_timeout(0.5),
 	  _max_election_timeout(2.0), _election_call_rate_mul(2.5),
-    _append_entries_retry_interval(1.0),
+    _append_entries_retry_interval(1.0), _notify(false),
     _agent_id(std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max()) {
   
 }