diff --git a/Generators/GenAnalysisTools/EventBoost/src/EventBoost.cxx b/Generators/GenAnalysisTools/EventBoost/src/EventBoost.cxx
index fc3cbf654d472db153ef3f24384b67a201df4f7a..9fcb86b8ccf864dd71130024378b82e1e9b593da 100755
--- a/Generators/GenAnalysisTools/EventBoost/src/EventBoost.cxx
+++ b/Generators/GenAnalysisTools/EventBoost/src/EventBoost.cxx
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ EventBoost::EventBoost( const std::string& name,
   :  AthAlgorithm(name, pSvcLocator), m_nModifiedEvent(0), m_nFailedEvent(0), m_nModifiedTotal(0), m_nFailedTotal(0),
      m_flat_rand_x(0.), m_flat_rand_y(0.), m_flat_rand_z(0.), m_gauss_rand_x(0.), m_gauss_rand_y(0.), m_gauss_rand_z(0.), m_pxsum(0.)
 {
-  declareProperty("BeamInclination", m_beam_inclination );
+  declareProperty("BeamInclination", m_beam_inclination = 0);
   declareProperty("GenEvtInputKey", m_genEvtInKey );
   declareProperty("GenEvtOutputKey", m_genEvtOutKey );
-  declareProperty("DoGaussianVertexSmearing", m_gaussian_vertex_smearing );
-  declareProperty("DoFlatVertexSmearing", m_flat_vertex_smearing );
+  declareProperty("DoGaussianVertexSmearing", m_gaussian_vertex_smearing = false );
+  declareProperty("DoFlatVertexSmearing", m_flat_vertex_smearing = false );
   declareProperty("GaussianMean", m_gaussian_mean );
   declareProperty("GaussianWidth", m_gaussian_width );
   declareProperty("FlatSmearingBoundaryMin", m_flat_smearing_boundary_min );