diff --git a/src/imagecache.c b/src/imagecache.c
index f6201605..aa0f460c 100644
--- a/src/imagecache.c
+++ b/src/imagecache.c
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ imagecache_image_fetch ( imagecache_image_t *img )
   if (img->url == NULL || img->url[0] == '\0')
     return res;
 
+  memset(&url, 0, sizeof(url));
+
   /* Open file  */
   if (hts_settings_buildpath(path, sizeof(path), "imagecache/data/%d",
                               img->id))