diff --git a/server/TracySlab.hpp b/server/TracySlab.hpp
index e4f53815..cb85b663 100644
--- a/server/TracySlab.hpp
+++ b/server/TracySlab.hpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public:
         }
     }
 
-    void* Alloc( size_t size )
+    void* AllocRaw( size_t size )
     {
         assert( size <= BlockSize );
         if( m_offset + size > BlockSize )
@@ -45,10 +45,16 @@ public:
         return ret;
     }
 
+    template<typename T>
+    T* AllocInit()
+    {
+        return new( AllocRaw( sizeof( T ) ) ) T;
+    }
+
     template<typename T>
     T* Alloc()
     {
-        return new( Alloc( sizeof( T ) ) ) T;
+        return (T*)AllocRaw( sizeof( T ) );
     }
 
     void Unalloc( size_t size )
diff --git a/server/TracyView.cpp b/server/TracyView.cpp
index 7509b9c3..111c0589 100644
--- a/server/TracyView.cpp
+++ b/server/TracyView.cpp
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ void View::Process( const QueueItem& ev )
 
 void View::ProcessZoneBegin( const QueueZoneBegin& ev )
 {
-    auto zone = m_slab.Alloc<Event>();
+    auto zone = m_slab.AllocInit<Event>();
 
     CheckSourceLocation( ev.srcloc );
 
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ void View::ProcessPlotData( const QueuePlotData& ev )
         auto pit = m_pendingPlots.find( ev.name );
         if( pit == m_pendingPlots.end() )
         {
-            plot = m_slab.Alloc<PlotData>();
+            plot = m_slab.AllocInit<PlotData>();
             plot->name = ev.name;
             plot->enabled = true;
             m_pendingPlots.emplace( ev.name, plot );
@@ -3052,7 +3052,7 @@ void View::ReadTimeline( FileRead& f, Vector<Event*>& vec, Event* parent, const
 
     for( uint64_t i=0; i<sz; i++ )
     {
-        auto zone = m_slab.Alloc<Event>();
+        auto zone = m_slab.AllocInit<Event>();
         m_zonesCnt++;
         vec.push_back( zone );