diff --git a/resource/schema/ephemeral.hpp b/resource/schema/ephemeral.hpp
index 9291b97bb..1287bc8b0 100644
--- a/resource/schema/ephemeral.hpp
+++ b/resource/schema/ephemeral.hpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class ephemeral_t {
 
 private:
     std::map<std::string, std::string> m_store;
-    uint64_t m_epoch;
+    uint64_t m_epoch = 0;
 };
 
 } // resource_model