diff --git a/src/mergerfs.cpp b/src/mergerfs.cpp
index 55fbbdd7..ee8e57fd 100644
--- a/src/mergerfs.cpp
+++ b/src/mergerfs.cpp
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ main(int    argc_,
 {
   CLI::App app;
 
-  bool foreground;
+  bool foreground = false;
   std::set<std::string> keys;
   std::map<std::string,std::string> keyvalues;
   std::vector<std::string> opts;