diff --git a/HUSKYLENS/HUSKYLENS.h b/HUSKYLENS/HUSKYLENS.h
index d2e0ba6..0fad95d 100644
--- a/HUSKYLENS/HUSKYLENS.h
+++ b/HUSKYLENS/HUSKYLENS.h
@@ -703,7 +703,8 @@ class HUSKYLENS
     {
         Protocol_t protocol;
         uint8_t length = version.length();
-        uint8_t data[length + 2] = {length};
+        uint8_t data[length + 2];
+        data[0]=length;
         version.toCharArray((char *)data + 1, length + 1);
         protocol.firmwareVersion.length = length + 1;
         protocol.firmwareVersion.data = data;