diff --git a/src/GenerateHtml.cpp b/src/GenerateHtml.cpp
index b45a9df..a9c8ffc 100644
--- a/src/GenerateHtml.cpp
+++ b/src/GenerateHtml.cpp
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ bool create_dir_if_not_exist(const fs::path& path) {
Json::Value get_data(const Json::Value& data,
std::string course_id) {
+ Json::Value out;
course_id[4] = '-';
if(course_id.substr(0,4) == "STSO") {
std::cerr<<"course id: "<)" << course_title << " (" << credit_string << "c)";