diff --git a/eo/src/eoInit.h b/eo/src/eoInit.h
index 88bc98999..9146311fa 100644
--- a/eo/src/eoInit.h
+++ b/eo/src/eoInit.h
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class eoInitFixedLength: public eoInitWithDim<EOT>
 
         virtual void operator()(EOT& chrom)
         {
-            chrom.resize(this->_dimension);
+            chrom.resize(this->dimension());
             std::generate(chrom.begin(), chrom.end(), _generator);
             chrom.invalidate();
         }
diff --git a/eo/src/eoPerf2Worth.h b/eo/src/eoPerf2Worth.h
index f7d08f512..02c065c2e 100644
--- a/eo/src/eoPerf2Worth.h
+++ b/eo/src/eoPerf2Worth.h
@@ -69,7 +69,15 @@ public:
     std::sort(indices.begin(), indices.end(), compare_worth(value()));
 
     eoPop<EOT>      tmp_pop;
-    tmp_pop.resize(_pop.size());
+    // tmp_pop.resize(_pop.size()); // NOPE
+    // Using resize to create a tmp pop would require empty constructors on EOT,
+    // which is a recipe for having out-of-bounds accesses on EOT which are containers
+    // and default-initialize at size of zero.
+    // Thus, we copy the existing pop instead, which should no be a problem
+    // as we later iterate over all the individuals anyway.
+    // -- JD
+    std::copy(_pop.begin(), _pop.end(), std::back_inserter(tmp_pop));
+
     std::vector<WorthT>  tmp_worths(value().size());
 
     for (i = 0; i < _pop.size(); ++i)