diff --git a/src/sbbs3/listfile.cpp b/src/sbbs3/listfile.cpp
index d6fd112ed4d7ca72ec2c2f135aa103aea7b702b1..ca1323f0bebdf7435e5ed6a18ab5a1c4b05eed68 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/listfile.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/listfile.cpp
@@ -464,7 +464,8 @@ int sbbs_t::batchflagprompt(smb_t* smb, file_t** bf, uint* row, const int total
 							,const int totalfiles)
 {
 	char	ch,str[256],*p;
-	bool	remcdt,remfile;
+	bool	remcdt = false;
+	bool	remfile = false;
 	int		c, d;
 	char 	path[MAX_PATH + 1];
 	int		i,j;