diff --git a/libs/temporal/temporal/timeline.h b/libs/temporal/temporal/timeline.h
index 33a79dff10..3947c6226b 100644
--- a/libs/temporal/temporal/timeline.h
+++ b/libs/temporal/temporal/timeline.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class timecnt_t;
 
 class timepos_t : public int62_t  {
   public:
-	timepos_t ();
+	timepos_t () : int62_t (false, 0) {}
 	timepos_t (superclock_t s) : int62_t (false, s) {}
 	explicit timepos_t (timecnt_t const &); /* will throw() if val is negative */
 	explicit timepos_t (Temporal::Beats const & b) : int62_t (false, b.to_ticks()) {}
diff --git a/libs/temporal/timeline.cc b/libs/temporal/timeline.cc
index 76705ed267..6cc9cde611 100644
--- a/libs/temporal/timeline.cc
+++ b/libs/temporal/timeline.cc
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static TemporalStatistics stats;
 
 /* timecnt */
 
-timecnt_t timecnt_t::_max_timecnt (max_samplepos, timepos_t());
+timecnt_t timecnt_t::_max_timecnt (int62_t::max - 1, timepos_t());
 
 timecnt_t::timecnt_t (timecnt_t const & tc, timepos_t const & pos)
 	: _position (pos)