diff --git a/src/package/vieter_package.c b/src/package/vieter_package.c
index 4bb7622..e5530e4 100644
--- a/src/package/vieter_package.c
+++ b/src/package/vieter_package.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ vieter_package_error vieter_package_read_archive(vieter_package *pkg,
   int compression_code = archive_filter_code(a, 0);
   const char *path_name;
 
-  vieter_package_info *pkg_info;
+  vieter_package_info *pkg_info = NULL;
   vieter_package_dynarray *files = vieter_package_dynarray_init(16);
   vieter_package_dynarray_add(files, "%FILES%");
 
diff --git a/src/package/vieter_package_info.c b/src/package/vieter_package_info.c
index 1dfd0b7..ff5f1fe 100644
--- a/src/package/vieter_package_info.c
+++ b/src/package/vieter_package_info.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void vieter_package_info_free(vieter_package_info *pkg_info) {
 
 void vieter_package_info_parse(vieter_package_info *pkg_info,
                                char *pkg_info_str) {
-  char *value_ptr = pkg_info_str, *tail_ptr;
+  char *value_ptr = pkg_info_str, *tail_ptr = NULL;
 
   PKG_INFO_STRING("\npkgname = ", name);
   PKG_INFO_STRING("\npkgbase = ", base);