diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/gui-plugins/SensorActorWidgetsPlugin/ArmarXPlotter/ArmarXPlotter.h b/source/RobotAPI/gui-plugins/SensorActorWidgetsPlugin/ArmarXPlotter/ArmarXPlotter.h
index c0932650c905baa9a5dfa65cf656af6244c495c8..15c0a7f89e570906ed7b6ea1a2d6442317823081 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/gui-plugins/SensorActorWidgetsPlugin/ArmarXPlotter/ArmarXPlotter.h
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/gui-plugins/SensorActorWidgetsPlugin/ArmarXPlotter/ArmarXPlotter.h
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ namespace armarx
 
         Mutex dataMutex;
         PeriodicTask<ArmarXPlotter>::pointer_type pollingTask;
-        int pollingInterval;
+        int pollingInterval = 33;
         std::ofstream logstream;
         IceUtil::Time logStartTime;