1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/message.h b/crawl-ref/source/message.h
index 210e833010..9ce1c31ac0 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/message.h
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/message.h
@@ -21,10 +21,17 @@
 #include "enum.h"
 #include "mpr.h"
 
-struct message_item {
+class message_item {
+public:
     msg_channel_type    channel;        // message channel
     int                 param;          // param for channel (god, enchantment)
     std::string         text;           // text of message
+    int                 repeats;
+
+    message_item() : channel(NUM_MESSAGE_CHANNELS), param(0), text(""),
+                     repeats(0)
+        {
+        }
 };