diff --git a/src/dir_common.c b/src/dir_common.c
index a2fab2ae2ae42b6296f3b6004c82e1f0931cea63..9eb06e87d5eb3d6d254a7433a05b96a65d577ace 100644
--- a/src/dir_common.c
+++ b/src/dir_common.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static void draw_progress(void) {
   static const char loadtext[] = "Loading...";
   static size_t anpos = 0;
   const char *antext = dir_import_active ? loadtext : scantext;
-  char ani[16] = {};
+  char ani[16] = {0};
   size_t i;
   int width = wincols-5;