diff --git a/components/sceneutil/mwshadowtechnique.cpp b/components/sceneutil/mwshadowtechnique.cpp
index 31267f75c..39e47b0ea 100644
--- a/components/sceneutil/mwshadowtechnique.cpp
+++ b/components/sceneutil/mwshadowtechnique.cpp
@@ -782,13 +782,15 @@ void MWShadowTechnique::ViewDependentData::releaseGLObjects(osg::State* state) c
 MWShadowTechnique::MWShadowTechnique():
     ShadowTechnique(),
     _enableShadows(false),
-    _debugHud(nullptr)
+    _debugHud(nullptr),
+    _castingPrograms{ nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr }
 {
     _shadowRecievingPlaceholderStateSet = new osg::StateSet;
 }
 
 MWShadowTechnique::MWShadowTechnique(const MWShadowTechnique& vdsm, const osg::CopyOp& copyop):
     ShadowTechnique(vdsm,copyop)
+    , _castingPrograms(vdsm._castingPrograms)
 {
     _shadowRecievingPlaceholderStateSet = new osg::StateSet;
     _enableShadows = vdsm._enableShadows;