diff --git a/src/sbbs3/jsexec.c b/src/sbbs3/jsexec.c
index c8839fb74cec2213526929ba16e75c29857a117e..cdca14041d182f2692dc8dfb216876a43943e1a2 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/jsexec.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/jsexec.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ int lprintf(int level, char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list argptr;
 	char sbuf[1024];
-	int ret;
+	int ret=0;
 
 	if(!(log_mask&(1<<level)))
 		return(0);