--- a/mcabber/src/hbuf.c	Sun Oct 05 23:39:26 2008 +0200
+++ b/mcabber/src/hbuf.c	Sun Oct 05 23:41:55 2008 +0200
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@
 {
   hbuf_block *blk;
   hbb_line line;
-  guint last_persist_prefixflags;
+  guint last_persist_prefixflags = 0;
   guint prefixwidth;
   char pref[96];
   FILE *fp;