diff --git a/tsk/auto/auto_db.cpp b/tsk/auto/auto_db.cpp
index 539c9f7f4561ac60c30775bda9b875bac8b6b0ad..a1edd57bf0eaca9bfb10e8f0d154e035b4bf0682 100644
--- a/tsk/auto/auto_db.cpp
+++ b/tsk/auto/auto_db.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ TskAutoDb::TskAutoDb(TskDb * a_db, TSK_HDB_INFO * a_NSRLDb, TSK_HDB_INFO * a_kno
     m_noFatFsOrphans = false;
     m_addUnallocSpace = false;
     m_chunkSize = -1;
+    m_imageWriterEnabled = false;
+    m_imageWriterPath = NULL;
     tsk_init_lock(&m_curDirPathLock);
 }