diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 37444a8e..080d6b9f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ There are a few things that should be done before releasing this, including:
     XEmbed messages or skip reparenting altogether, but that's of course not
     ideal.
 - Fix implementation bugs:
-  - KiloHearts plugins fail during initialization.
   - Serum crashes when closing bitwig (but otherwise exits just fine).
   - Melda plugins crash when opening their GUI.
 - Add missing details if any to the architecture section.
diff --git a/src/common/events.h b/src/common/events.h
index 150158c7..f43731d3 100644
--- a/src/common/events.h
+++ b/src/common/events.h
@@ -196,7 +196,10 @@ void passthrough_event(boost::asio::local::stream_protocol::socket& socket,
                          event.payload, event.option);
     }
 
-    std::array<char, max_string_length> string_buffer;
+    // This buffer is used to write strings and small objects to. We'll
+    // initialize it with a single null to prevent it from being read as some
+    // arbitrary C-style string.
+    std::array<char, max_string_length> string_buffer{0};
     void* data = std::visit(
         overload{
             [&](const std::nullptr_t&) -> void* { return nullptr; },