diff --git a/api.c b/api.c
index 425c242f..4f63466f 100644
--- a/api.c
+++ b/api.c
@@ -3737,7 +3737,7 @@ void api(int api_thr_id)
 	json_t *json_config = NULL;
 	json_t *json_val;
 	bool isjson;
-	bool did, isjoin, firstjoin;
+	bool did, isjoin = false, firstjoin;
 	int i;
 
 	SOCKETTYPE *apisock;