diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b99dd762e..6a9286786 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2008-05-18	Tobias Doerffel	<tobydox/at/users/dot/sourceforge/dot/net>
 
+	* plugins/stk/mallets/mallets.cpp:
+	added missing initialization of member-variables which made Mallets
+	play nothing until GUI has been opened
+
 	* include/bb_track.h:
 	* src/gui/widgets/combobox.cpp:
 	* src/gui/widgets/name_label.cpp:
diff --git a/plugins/stk/mallets/mallets.cpp b/plugins/stk/mallets/mallets.cpp
index 325154d04..617e3588d 100644
--- a/plugins/stk/mallets/mallets.cpp
+++ b/plugins/stk/mallets/mallets.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ malletsInstrument::malletsInstrument( instrumentTrack * _instrument_track ):
 	m_velocityModel(64.0f, 0.0f, 128.0f, 0.1f, this),
 	m_strikeModel( FALSE, this ),
 	m_presetsModel(this),
-	m_spreadModel(0, 0, 255, 1, this)
+	m_spreadModel(0, 0, 255, 1, this),
+	m_filesMissing( FALSE )
 {
 	m_hardnessModel.setTrack( _instrument_track );
 	m_positionModel.setTrack( _instrument_track );