diff --git a/src/transpiler/MainTranspile.cpp b/src/transpiler/MainTranspile.cpp
index d6dced5..9ac11ae 100644
--- a/src/transpiler/MainTranspile.cpp
+++ b/src/transpiler/MainTranspile.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ enum LANGUAGE: unsigned short {LUA=2,JS=3,PY=4};
 
 pair<LANGUAGE, bool> validLanguage(const string& it) {
     const string languages[3] = {".lua", ".js", ".py"};
-    LANGUAGE selected;
+    LANGUAGE selected = LUA;
     bool valid = false;
     for (unsigned short i = 0; (i < languages->size()); i++) {
         if (it == languages[i]) {