diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/xreact/jni/CatalystInstanceImpl.cpp b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/xreact/jni/CatalystInstanceImpl.cpp
index 1580b975269..9abe63b0709 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/xreact/jni/CatalystInstanceImpl.cpp
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/xreact/jni/CatalystInstanceImpl.cpp
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ bool CatalystInstanceImpl::isIndexedRAMBundle(const char *sourcePath) {
   if (!bundle_stream) {
     return false;
   }
-  BundleHeader header;
+  BundleHeader header{};
   bundle_stream.read(reinterpret_cast<char *>(&header), sizeof(header));
   bundle_stream.close();
   return parseTypeFromHeader(header) == ScriptTag::RAMBundle;