diff --git a/src/node/include/node/xmlParser.hpp b/src/node/include/node/xmlParser.hpp
index 9a4d110..b7b0c58 100644
--- a/src/node/include/node/xmlParser.hpp
+++ b/src/node/include/node/xmlParser.hpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class XMLParser
   std::vector<ComponentConfig> compConfigList;
   std::vector<std::string> libList;
   std::string nodeName;
-  int node_priority = -1;
+  int node_priority;
 
   bool Return_Boolean(std::string value) { return (value == "True"); }