diff --git a/src/Helpers.c b/src/Helpers.c
index 710a38cbd..437b8fc94 100644
--- a/src/Helpers.c
+++ b/src/Helpers.c
@@ -2861,6 +2861,7 @@ int ReadStrgsFromCSV(LPCWSTR wchCSVStrg, prefix_t sMatrix[], int const iCount, i
   for (int i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
     if (wchTmpBuff[i] == L',') { wchTmpBuff[i] = L'\0'; }
   }
+  wchTmpBuff[len + 1] = L'\0'; // double zero at the end
   // fill default
   for (int i = 0; i < iCount; ++i) { StringCchCopyW(sMatrix[i], (size_t)iLen, sDefault); }
   // insert values
@@ -2881,7 +2882,7 @@ int ReadStrgsFromCSV(LPCWSTR wchCSVStrg, prefix_t sMatrix[], int const iCount, i
 //  ReadVectorFromString()
 //
 //
-int ReadVectorFromString(LPCWSTR wchStrg, int* iVector, int iCount, int iMin, int iMax, int iDefault)
+int ReadVectorFromString(LPCWSTR wchStrg, int iVector[], int iCount, int iMin, int iMax, int iDefault)
 {
   static WCHAR wchTmpBuff[SMALL_BUFFER];
 
@@ -2898,6 +2899,8 @@ int ReadVectorFromString(LPCWSTR wchStrg, int* iVector, int iCount, int iMin, in
   for (int i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
     if (wchTmpBuff[i] == L' ') { wchTmpBuff[i] = L'\0'; }
   }
+  wchTmpBuff[len + 1] = L'\0'; // double zero at the end
+
   // fill default
   for (int i = 0; i < iCount; ++i) { iVector[i] = iDefault; }
   // insert values
diff --git a/src/Helpers.h b/src/Helpers.h
index bf14df4e0..be66db0f8 100644
--- a/src/Helpers.h
+++ b/src/Helpers.h
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ __forceinline int GetHexDigit(char ch) {
 void UrlUnescapeEx(LPWSTR, LPWSTR, DWORD*);
 
 int ReadStrgsFromCSV(LPCWSTR wchCSVStrg, prefix_t sMatrix[], int const iCount, int const iLen, LPCWSTR sDefault);
-int ReadVectorFromString(LPCWSTR wchStrg, int* iVector, int iCount, int iMin, int iMax, int iDefault);
+int ReadVectorFromString(LPCWSTR wchStrg, int iVector[], int iCount, int iMin, int iMax, int iDefault);
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/src/Notepad3.c b/src/Notepad3.c
index 84fe4e272..32083e5fd 100644
--- a/src/Notepad3.c
+++ b/src/Notepad3.c
@@ -143,12 +143,12 @@ static WCHAR  g_tchStatusbarPrefixes[MIDSZ_BUFFER] = { L'\0' };
 static prefix_t g_mxStatusBarPrefix[STATUS_SECTOR_COUNT];
 
 static WCHAR  g_tchStatusbarSections[SMALL_BUFFER] = { L'\0' };
-static int    g_iStatusbarSections[STATUS_SECTOR_COUNT];
-static bool   g_iStatusbarVisible[STATUS_SECTOR_COUNT];
-static int    g_vSBSOrder[STATUS_SECTOR_COUNT];
+static int    g_iStatusbarSections[STATUS_SECTOR_COUNT] = SBS_INIT_MINUS;
+static bool   g_iStatusbarVisible[STATUS_SECTOR_COUNT] = SBS_INIT_ZERO;
+static int    g_vSBSOrder[STATUS_SECTOR_COUNT] = SBS_INIT_MINUS;
 
 static WCHAR  g_tchStatusbarWidthSpec[SMALL_BUFFER] = { L'\0' };
-static int    g_iStatusbarWidthSpec[STATUS_SECTOR_COUNT];
+static int    g_iStatusbarWidthSpec[STATUS_SECTOR_COUNT] = SBS_INIT_ZERO;
 
 
 static WCHAR  g_tchToolbarBitmap[MAX_PATH] = { L'\0' };
@@ -7776,7 +7776,7 @@ void UpdateStatusbar()
 
   _CalculateStatusbarSections(g_vStatusbarSectionWidth, tchStatusBar);
 
-  int aStatusbarSections[STATUS_SECTOR_COUNT];
+  int aStatusbarSections[STATUS_SECTOR_COUNT] = SBS_INIT_ZERO;
   int cnt = 0;
   int totalWidth = 0;
   for (int i = 0; i < STATUS_SECTOR_COUNT; ++i) {
diff --git a/src/TypeDefs.h b/src/TypeDefs.h
index 5dc557cad..86dffa146 100644
--- a/src/TypeDefs.h
+++ b/src/TypeDefs.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ typedef enum {
 
 #define SBS_INIT_ZERO  { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 } 
 #define SBS_INIT_MINUS { -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1 } 
+#define SBS_INIT_ORDER { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 8. 9, 10, 11 }
 
 #define STATUSBAR_EXTION_PREFIXES L"Ln  ,Col  ,Sel  ,Sb  ,SLn  ,Occ  ,,,,,,,"
 #define STATUSBAR_DEFAULT_IDS  L"0 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11"