diff --git a/src/core/DrumSynth.cpp b/src/core/DrumSynth.cpp
index e1fb77793..b39e8f52e 100644
--- a/src/core/DrumSynth.cpp
+++ b/src/core/DrumSynth.cpp
@@ -119,7 +119,10 @@ void DrumSynth::GetEnv(int env, const char *sec, const char *key, QString ini)
   char en[256], s[8];
   int i=0, o=0, ep=0;
   GetPrivateProfileString(sec, key, "0,0 100,0", en, sizeof(en), ini);
-  en[255]=0; //be safe!
+
+  //be safe!
+  en[255]=0;
+  s[0]=0;
 
   while(en[i]!=0)
   {