diff --git a/src/common/utils/wildcard.hpp b/src/common/utils/wildcard.hpp
index 0d40da85..b0e45f87 100644
--- a/src/common/utils/wildcard.hpp
+++ b/src/common/utils/wildcard.hpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace utils::wildcard
                 char16_t mask_char = mask[mask_pos];
                 char16_t name_char = name[name_pos];
 
-                bool char_matches;
+                bool char_matches = false;
                 if (mask_char == u'?' || mask_char == u'>')
                 {
                     char_matches = true;