diff --git a/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConfxAOD/src/xAODConfigSvc.cxx b/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConfxAOD/src/xAODConfigSvc.cxx
index da197dc1e2fe8088c7b3af38c0071d93b619f98f..7a2269a6322f20503a7f17e0c4a1112830726391 100644
--- a/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConfxAOD/src/xAODConfigSvc.cxx
+++ b/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConfxAOD/src/xAODConfigSvc.cxx
@@ -25,13 +25,9 @@
 namespace TrigConf {
 
    xAODConfigSvc::xAODConfigSvc( const std::string& name, ISvcLocator* svcLoc )
-      : base_class( name, svcLoc ),
-        m_stopOnFailure( true ), m_isInFailure( false ),
+      : base_class( name, svcLoc ),        
         m_tmcAux( nullptr ), m_tmc( nullptr ), m_menu(),
-        m_ctpConfig(), m_chainList(), m_sequenceList(), m_bgSet(),
-        m_metaStore( "InputMetaDataStore", name ),
-        m_triggerMenuContainerAvailable( false ),
-        m_menuJSONContainerAvailable( false ) {
+        m_ctpConfig(), m_chainList(), m_sequenceList(), m_bgSet() {
 
    }
 
diff --git a/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConfxAOD/src/xAODConfigSvc.h b/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConfxAOD/src/xAODConfigSvc.h
index 6790ddf8286cb5583dcbe2a9ae5096b39b85617d..006f4a284669a008006e7c4f0a151cf688a4cc1f 100644
--- a/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConfxAOD/src/xAODConfigSvc.h
+++ b/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConfxAOD/src/xAODConfigSvc.h
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ namespace TrigConf {
 
       Gaudi::Property<bool> m_stopOnFailure{this, "StopOnFailure", true, "Flag for stopping the job in case of a failure"};
       /// Internal state of the service
-      bool m_isInFailure;
+      bool m_isInFailure{false};
 
       /// 
       /// @name The configuration objects copied from all input files. R1 and R2 AOD
@@ -295,9 +295,9 @@ namespace TrigConf {
       ServiceHandle< StoreGateSvc > m_metaStore{this, "MetaDataStore", "InputMetaDataStore"};
 
       /// Is decoded R2 format data available?
-      bool m_triggerMenuContainerAvailable;
+      bool m_triggerMenuContainerAvailable{false};
       /// Is decoded R3 format data available?
-      bool m_menuJSONContainerAvailable;
+      bool m_menuJSONContainerAvailable{false};
 
    }; // class xAODConfigSvc