diff --git a/src/events.c b/src/events.c
index c5032a1b631d114bd663411d2ff2d7d4f3f83db5..23a14ba1f399a1a85d49ebca167875847930134e 100644
--- a/src/events.c
+++ b/src/events.c
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ void init_buttonbindings(void)
 	while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), conf)) {
 		*action = '\0';
 		*button = '\0';
+		cur_bb = NULL;
 
 		read = sscanf(line, "%31s %7s\n", (char *) &action, (char *) &button);
 
diff --git a/src/keyevents.c b/src/keyevents.c
index ba15a5d96fca6f925e59a3736d65464645e45e8b..8977111845e2f3b601d09fd50fcd4018e3c01eee 100644
--- a/src/keyevents.c
+++ b/src/keyevents.c
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ void init_keyevents(void) {
 		*k1 = '\0';
 		*k2 = '\0';
 		*k3 = '\0';
+		cur_kb = NULL;
 
 		read = sscanf(line, "%31s %31s %31s %31s\n",
 			(char *) &action, (char *) &k1, (char* ) &k2, (char *) &k3);