diff --git a/Packages/Qt_widget/include/CGAL/IO/Qt_widget_history.h b/Packages/Qt_widget/include/CGAL/IO/Qt_widget_history.h
index c5570f1549d..e38e06c98fc 100644
--- a/Packages/Qt_widget/include/CGAL/IO/Qt_widget_history.h
+++ b/Packages/Qt_widget/include/CGAL/IO/Qt_widget_history.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ namespace CGAL {
 
   class Qt_widget_history{
     public:
-      Qt_widget_history() : nr_of_items(0), current_item(1) {};
+      Qt_widget_history() : current_item(0), nr_of_items(0) {};
       ~Qt_widget_history(){};
 
     bool back(){