diff --git a/src/event_table.cpp b/src/event_table.cpp
index 18b9b6e1e68df9ee129ad575443adfa649caca1b..020b9fbc18e8b083704d24d1a02ebd379627cea0 100644
--- a/src/event_table.cpp
+++ b/src/event_table.cpp
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ void event_table::show(void)
 event_table::event_table(Tango::DeviceImpl *s):Tango::LogAdapter(s)
 {
 	mydev = s;
+	stop_it = false;
 }
 
 unsigned int event_table::size(void)