diff --git a/edo/src/edoNormalMono.h b/edo/src/edoNormalMono.h
index 4b015d12..4d21e0ca 100644
--- a/edo/src/edoNormalMono.h
+++ b/edo/src/edoNormalMono.h
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ Authors:
 template < typename EOT >
 class edoNormalMono : public edoDistrib< EOT >
 {
-public:
+public:    
+    edoNormalMono()
+      : _mean(EOT(1,0)), _variance(EOT(1,1))
+    {}
+
     edoNormalMono( const EOT& mean, const EOT& variance )
 	: _mean(mean), _variance(variance)
     {