1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstate/init.h b/src/libstate/init.h
index affceb332..a20a392fe 100644
--- a/src/libstate/init.h
+++ b/src/libstate/init.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace Botan {
 class BOTAN_DLL LibraryInitializer
    {
    public:
-      static void initialize(const std::string& options);
+      static void initialize(const std::string& options = "");
 
       static void deinitialize();
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class BOTAN_DLL LibraryInitializer
       * Initialize the library
       * @param thread_safe if the library should use a thread-safe mutex
       */
-      LibraryInitializer(const std::string& options)
+      LibraryInitializer(const std::string& options = "")
          { LibraryInitializer::initialize(options); }
 
       ~LibraryInitializer() { LibraryInitializer::deinitialize(); }