diff --git a/src/syncterm/syncterm.c b/src/syncterm/syncterm.c
index d1724b6cbe016275199b5e8493dd4981828b7895..7554cde11130b868fa0d36b11ca98f0a502c9a02 100644
--- a/src/syncterm/syncterm.c
+++ b/src/syncterm/syncterm.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	uifc.mode=UIFC_NOCTRL;
 	uifc.size=sizeof(uifc);
 	uifc.esc_delay=25;
+	url[0]=0;
 	for(i=1;i<argc;i++) {
         if(argv[i][0]=='-'
 #ifndef __unix__