diff --git a/libraries/octree/src/OctreeElement.cpp b/libraries/octree/src/OctreeElement.cpp
index 74d23f14cc..2cff868035 100644
--- a/libraries/octree/src/OctreeElement.cpp
+++ b/libraries/octree/src/OctreeElement.cpp
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
 #include "OctreeLogging.h"
 #include "SharedUtil.h"
 
-AtomicUIntStat OctreeElement::_octreeMemoryUsage = 0;
-AtomicUIntStat OctreeElement::_octcodeMemoryUsage = 0;
-AtomicUIntStat OctreeElement::_externalChildrenMemoryUsage = 0;
-AtomicUIntStat OctreeElement::_voxelNodeCount = 0;
-AtomicUIntStat OctreeElement::_voxelNodeLeafCount = 0;
+AtomicUIntStat OctreeElement::_octreeMemoryUsage { 0 };
+AtomicUIntStat OctreeElement::_octcodeMemoryUsage { 0 };
+AtomicUIntStat OctreeElement::_externalChildrenMemoryUsage { 0 };
+AtomicUIntStat OctreeElement::_voxelNodeCount { 0 };
+AtomicUIntStat OctreeElement::_voxelNodeLeafCount { 0 };
 
 void OctreeElement::resetPopulationStatistics() {
     _voxelNodeCount = 0;
diff --git a/libraries/octree/src/OctreePacketData.cpp b/libraries/octree/src/OctreePacketData.cpp
index 7a255ad648..811e96fcf4 100644
--- a/libraries/octree/src/OctreePacketData.cpp
+++ b/libraries/octree/src/OctreePacketData.cpp
@@ -488,8 +488,8 @@ bool OctreePacketData::appendRawData(QByteArray data) {
 }
 
 
-AtomicUIntStat OctreePacketData::_compressContentTime = 0;
-AtomicUIntStat OctreePacketData::_compressContentCalls = 0;
+AtomicUIntStat OctreePacketData::_compressContentTime { 0 };
+AtomicUIntStat OctreePacketData::_compressContentCalls { 0 };
 
 bool OctreePacketData::compressContent() { 
     PerformanceWarning warn(false, "OctreePacketData::compressContent()", false, &_compressContentTime, &_compressContentCalls);