diff --git a/src/ultraleap.cpp b/src/ultraleap.cpp
index 491d693..6e004ff 100644
--- a/src/ultraleap.cpp
+++ b/src/ultraleap.cpp
@@ -344,15 +344,16 @@ void UltraleapHandTracking::start() {
 
     started = true;
 
-    LEAP_CONNECTION_CONFIG config;
+    LEAP_CONNECTION_CONFIG config = {0};
 
     // Set connection to multi-device aware
-    memset(&config, 0, sizeof(config));
     config.size = sizeof(config);
-    config.flags = eLeapConnectionConfig_MultiDeviceAware;
-    config.server_namespace = generate_connection_payload().utf8().get_data();
+    config.flags = (uint32_t)eLeapConnectionConfig_MultiDeviceAware;
 
-    if(connectionHandle || LeapCreateConnection(&config, &connectionHandle) == eLeapRS_Success) {
+    CharString server_namespace = generate_connection_payload().utf8();
+    config.server_namespace = server_namespace.get_data();
+
+    if (LeapCreateConnection(&config, &connectionHandle) == eLeapRS_Success) {
         eLeapRS result = LeapOpenConnection(connectionHandle);
         if(result == eLeapRS_Success) {
             opened = true;