diff --git a/src/threading/event.cpp b/src/threading/event.cpp
index c3c2ca029e4f45abf8a9bbad2f22a4ba6921e2d3..b7f16154ebc946e3d55cc9f2af6b8b9a0e45f5c7 100644
--- a/src/threading/event.cpp
+++ b/src/threading/event.cpp
@@ -25,17 +25,20 @@ DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 #include "threading/event.h"
 
-#if __cplusplus < 201103L
 Event::Event()
+    : notified(false)
 {
-#ifdef _WIN32
+#if __cplusplus < 201103L
+#	ifdef _WIN32
 	event = CreateEvent(NULL, false, false, NULL);
-#else
+#	else
 	pthread_cond_init(&cv, NULL);
 	pthread_mutex_init(&mutex, NULL);
+#	endif
 #endif
 }
 
+#if __cplusplus < 201103L
 Event::~Event()
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
diff --git a/src/threading/event.h b/src/threading/event.h
index 43f2b04bed793c8db44b35e2fcbe29c694a7a0fd..dd51645767aa57544260f1138dd07c93aa5b15d8 100644
--- a/src/threading/event.h
+++ b/src/threading/event.h
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 class Event {
 public:
-#if __cplusplus < 201103L
 	Event();
+#if __cplusplus < 201103L
 	~Event();
 #endif
 	void wait();