diff --git a/docs/ReleaseNotes.html b/docs/ReleaseNotes.html
index a5bfd90..4856bc5 100644
--- a/docs/ReleaseNotes.html
+++ b/docs/ReleaseNotes.html
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td width="100%" colspan="2"><b>Patches</b></td>
+  </tr>1394001 
+  <tr>
+    <td width="13%">1394001</td>
+    <td width="87%">Missing variable initialization (pre3)</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td width="13%">1208570</td>
diff --git a/jni/EventProxy.cpp b/jni/EventProxy.cpp
index c343729..cf91f61 100644
--- a/jni/EventProxy.cpp
+++ b/jni/EventProxy.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ STDMETHODIMP EventProxy::Invoke(DISPID dispID, REFIID riid,
   //Visual C++ 6.0 recognized this as an unused variable
   //HRESULT     hr;
   
-  const char *eventMethodName;
+  const char *eventMethodName = NULL; //Sourceforge report 1394001 
   JNIEnv      *env = NULL;
 
   // map dispID to jmethodID