diff --git a/src/applications/gqrx/main.cpp b/src/applications/gqrx/main.cpp
index 8dba40ccc..8d0ba3939 100644
--- a/src/applications/gqrx/main.cpp
+++ b/src/applications/gqrx/main.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     std::string     style;
     bool            clierr = false;
     bool            edit_conf = false;
-    int             return_code;
+    int             return_code = 0;
 
     QApplication app(argc, argv);
     QCoreApplication::setOrganizationName(GQRX_ORG_NAME);