diff --git a/ncat/ncat_core.c b/ncat/ncat_core.c
index 40040a038..27988a0e5 100644
--- a/ncat/ncat_core.c
+++ b/ncat/ncat_core.c
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ void options_init(void)
     o.execmode = EXEC_PLAIN;
     o.proxy_auth = NULL;
     o.proxytype = NULL;
+    o.proxyaddr = NULL;
     o.zerobyte = 0;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL