diff --git a/src/sbbs3/js_global.c b/src/sbbs3/js_global.c
index 3e62c8ebce8379fe8c38c2665c7111082b318b3b..b40a8d19c7c2a273a1b0049712e473a9045a31c4 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/js_global.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/js_global.c
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ js_word_wrap(JSContext *cx, JSObject *obj, uintN argc, jsval *argv, jsval *rval)
 {
 	int32		l,len=79;
 	int32		oldlen=79;
-	int32		crcount;
+	int32		crcount=0;
 	JSBool		handle_quotes=JS_TRUE;
 	ulong		i,k,t;
 	int			ocol=1;