diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 0ddcdae..914ea3a 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ static XtmSettings *settings;
 static GtkWidget *window;
 static GtkStatusIcon *status_icon;
 static XtmTaskManager *task_manager;
-static gboolean timeout = 0;
+static gboolean timeout = FALSE;
 
 static void
 status_icon_activated (void)
diff --git a/src/task-manager-bsd.c b/src/task-manager-bsd.c
index 79d1b35..fcdeec5 100644
--- a/src/task-manager-bsd.c
+++ b/src/task-manager-bsd.c
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ gboolean get_task_list (GArray *task_list)
 #else
 		struct kinfo_proc2 p = kp[i];
 #endif
+		bzero(&t, sizeof(t));
 		t.pid = p.p_pid;
 		t.ppid = p.p_ppid;
 		t.uid = p.p_uid;
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ gboolean get_task_list (GArray *task_list)
 			size = 128;
 			if ((args = malloc(size)) == NULL)
 				errx(1,"failed to allocate memory for argv structures at %zu", size);
+			bzero(args, size);
 			for (;; size *= 2) {
 				if ((args = realloc(args, size)) == NULL)
 					errx(1,"failed to allocate memory (size=%zu) for argv structures of pid %d", size, t.pid);
diff --git a/src/task-manager-freebsd.c b/src/task-manager-freebsd.c
index 4fbe8d1..3fc52fe 100644
--- a/src/task-manager-freebsd.c
+++ b/src/task-manager-freebsd.c
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ get_task_details (kvm_t *kd, struct kinfo_proc *kp, Task *task)
 	char **argv;
 	int i;
 
+	bzero(task, sizeof(Task));
 	task->pid = kp->ki_pid;
 	task->ppid = kp->ki_ppid;
 	task->cpu_user = 100 * ((double)kp->ki_pctcpu / FSCALE);
@@ -213,7 +214,7 @@ get_task_list (GArray *task_list)
 {
 	kvm_t *kd;
 	struct kinfo_proc *kp;
-	int cnt, i;
+	int cnt = 0, i;
 	Task task;
 
 	if ((kd = kvm_openfiles (_PATH_DEVNULL, _PATH_DEVNULL, NULL, O_RDONLY, NULL)) == NULL)
diff --git a/src/task-manager-linux.c b/src/task-manager-linux.c
index 488dbdf..3828e10 100644
--- a/src/task-manager-linux.c
+++ b/src/task-manager-linux.c
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ get_task_details (guint pid, Task *task)
 		return FALSE;
 	fclose (file);
 
+	bzero(task, sizeof(Task));
+
 	/* Scanning the short process name is unreliable with scanf when it contains
 	 * spaces, retrieve it manually and fill the buffer */
 	{
@@ -313,7 +315,7 @@ get_task_list (GArray *task_list)
 	GDir *dir;
 	const gchar *name;
 	guint pid;
-	Task task = { 0 };
+	Task task;
 
 	if ((dir = g_dir_open ("/proc", 0, NULL)) == NULL)
 		return FALSE;
diff --git a/src/task-manager-skel.c b/src/task-manager-skel.c
index 06229e8..4f085da 100644
--- a/src/task-manager-skel.c
+++ b/src/task-manager-skel.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ get_cpu_usage (gushort *cpu_count, gfloat *cpu_user, gfloat *cpu_system)
 static gboolean
 get_task_details (guint pid, Task *task)
 {
+	bzero(task, sizeof(Task));
 	g_snprintf (task->name, sizeof(task->name), "foo");
 	g_snprintf (task->cmdline, sizeof(task->cmdline), "foo -bar");
 	g_snprintf (task->uid_name, sizeof(task->uid_name), "baz");
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ gboolean
 get_task_list (GArray *task_list)
 {
 	guint pid = 0;
-	Task task = { 0 };
+	Task task;
 
 	//while (/* read all PIDs */)
 	{
diff --git a/src/task-manager-solaris.c b/src/task-manager-solaris.c
index 0afd6e0..ae0edd0 100644
--- a/src/task-manager-solaris.c
+++ b/src/task-manager-solaris.c
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ get_task_details (guint pid, Task *task)
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 
+	bzero(task, sizeof(Task));
 	task->pid = (guint)process.pr_pid;
 	task->ppid = (guint)process.pr_ppid;
 	g_strlcpy (task->name, process.pr_fname, sizeof(task->name));
@@ -210,7 +211,7 @@ get_task_list (GArray *task_list)
 	GDir *dir;
 	const gchar *name;
 	guint pid;
-	Task task = { 0 };
+	Task task;
 
 	if ((dir = g_dir_open ("/proc", 0, NULL)) == NULL)
 		return FALSE;