diff --git a/source/app.cpp b/source/app.cpp
index da5c475..a97f08a 100644
--- a/source/app.cpp
+++ b/source/app.cpp
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ struct sandboxed_fs : public coral::fs {
 	void read_file(coral::path const & file_path, coral::callable<void(coral::file_reader &)> const & then) override {
 		if (!this->access_rules.can_read) return;
 
-		native_path sandbox_file_path{0};
+		native_path sandbox_file_path;
 		{
 			coral::expected const written = sandbox_file_path.write(this->sandbox_path.as_slice());
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ struct sandboxed_fs : public coral::fs {
 	void write_file(coral::path const & file_path, coral::callable<void(coral::file_writer &)> const & then) override {
 		if (!this->access_rules.can_write) return;
 
-		native_path sandbox_file_path{0};
+		native_path sandbox_file_path;
 		{
 			coral::expected const written = sandbox_file_path.write(this->sandbox_path.as_slice());
 
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ struct sandboxed_fs : public coral::fs {
 	}
 
 	private:
-	native_path sandbox_path{0};
+	native_path sandbox_path;
 
 	access_rules access_rules{
 		.can_read = false,
diff --git a/source/coral/io.cpp b/source/coral/io.cpp
index b512c09..1ae6019 100644
--- a/source/coral/io.cpp
+++ b/source/coral/io.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export namespace coral {
 	 * I/O operations and lightweight data construction.
 	 */
 	template<usize capacity> struct fixed_buffer : public writer, public reader {
-		fixed_buffer(coral::u8 fill_value) : data{fill_value} {}
+		fixed_buffer() = default;
 
 		/**
 		 * Returns a mutable [slice] ranging from the head to the last-filled element.
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ export namespace coral {
 		 * from the buffer.
 		 */
 		expected<usize, io_error> read(slice<u8> const & data) override {
-
 			slice const readable_data{this->data, min(this->filled, data.length)};
 
 			this->filled -= readable_data.length;
@@ -108,13 +107,13 @@ export namespace coral {
 		}
 
 		private:
-		usize filled = 0;
+		usize filled {0};
 
-		usize read_index = 0;
+		usize read_index {0};
 
-		usize write_index = 0;
+		usize write_index {0};
 
-		u8 data[capacity];
+		u8 data[capacity]{0};
 	};
 
 	/**