diff --git a/src/AppFrame.cpp b/src/AppFrame.cpp
index 88f29a4..f907b84 100644
--- a/src/AppFrame.cpp
+++ b/src/AppFrame.cpp
@@ -330,7 +330,6 @@ AppFrame::AppFrame() :
 #ifdef _WIN32
     SetIcon(wxICON(frame_icon));
 #endif
-    GetStatusBar()->SetStatusText(wxString::Format(wxT("Set center frequency: %ll"), wxGetApp().getConfig()->getCenterFreq()));
 
     wxAcceleratorEntry entries[3];
     entries[0].Set(wxACCEL_CTRL, (int) 'O', wxID_OPEN);
diff --git a/src/audio/AudioThread.cpp b/src/audio/AudioThread.cpp
index b173123..384b28d 100644
--- a/src/audio/AudioThread.cpp
+++ b/src/audio/AudioThread.cpp
@@ -12,8 +12,15 @@ std::map<int, int> AudioThread::deviceSampleRate;
 std::map<int, std::thread *> AudioThread::deviceThread;
 
 AudioThread::AudioThread(AudioThreadInputQueue *inputQueue, DemodulatorThreadCommandQueue* threadQueueNotify) :
-        currentInput(NULL), inputQueue(inputQueue), audioQueuePtr(0), underflowCount(0), terminated(false), active(false), outputDevice(-1), gain(
+        currentInput(NULL), inputQueue(inputQueue), gain(
                 1.0), threadQueueNotify(threadQueueNotify), sampleRate(0), nBufferFrames(1024) {
+
+	audioQueuePtr.store(0); 
+	underflowCount.store(0);
+	terminated.store(false);
+	active.store(false);
+	outputDevice.store(-1);
+
     boundThreads = new std::vector<AudioThread *>;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/demod/DemodulatorInstance.cpp b/src/demod/DemodulatorInstance.cpp
index ba58e7c..38f1bb4 100644
--- a/src/demod/DemodulatorInstance.cpp
+++ b/src/demod/DemodulatorInstance.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,22 @@
 #include "DemodulatorInstance.h"
 
 DemodulatorInstance::DemodulatorInstance() :
-        t_Demod(NULL), t_PreDemod(NULL), t_Audio(NULL), threadQueueDemod(NULL), demodulatorThread(NULL), terminated(true), audioTerminated(true), demodTerminated(
-        true), preDemodTerminated(true), active(false), squelch(false), stereo(false), tracking(false), follow(false), currentAudioSampleRate(0), currentFrequency(0), currentBandwidth(0), currentOutputDevice(-1), currentAudioGain(1.0) {
+        t_Demod(NULL), t_PreDemod(NULL), t_Audio(NULL), threadQueueDemod(NULL), demodulatorThread(NULL), currentAudioGain(1.0) {
+
+	terminated.store(true);
+	audioTerminated.store(true);
+	demodTerminated.store(true);
+	preDemodTerminated.store(true);
+	active.store(false);
+	squelch.store(false);
+	stereo.store(false);
+	tracking.store(false);
+	follow.store(false);
+	currentAudioSampleRate.store(0);
+	currentFrequency.store(0);
+	currentBandwidth.store(0);
+	currentOutputDevice.store(-1);
+
 
     label = new std::string("Unnamed");
     threadQueueDemod = new DemodulatorThreadInputQueue;
diff --git a/src/demod/DemodulatorPreThread.cpp b/src/demod/DemodulatorPreThread.cpp
index 0283b86..03ea87d 100644
--- a/src/demod/DemodulatorPreThread.cpp
+++ b/src/demod/DemodulatorPreThread.cpp
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@
 
 DemodulatorPreThread::DemodulatorPreThread(DemodulatorThreadInputQueue* iqInputQueue, DemodulatorThreadPostInputQueue* iqOutputQueue,
         DemodulatorThreadControlCommandQueue *threadQueueControl, DemodulatorThreadCommandQueue* threadQueueNotify) :
-        iqInputQueue(iqInputQueue), iqOutputQueue(iqOutputQueue), terminated(false), initialized(false), audioResampler(NULL), stereoResampler(NULL), iqResampleRatio(
+        iqInputQueue(iqInputQueue), iqOutputQueue(iqOutputQueue), audioResampler(NULL), stereoResampler(NULL), iqResampleRatio(
                 1), audioResampleRatio(1), firStereoRight(NULL), firStereoLeft(NULL), iirStereoPilot(NULL), iqResampler(NULL), commandQueue(NULL), threadQueueNotify(threadQueueNotify), threadQueueControl(
                 threadQueueControl) {
+	terminated.store(false);
+	initialized.store(false);
 
     freqShifter = nco_crcf_create(LIQUID_VCO);
     shiftFrequency = 0;
diff --git a/src/demod/DemodulatorThread.cpp b/src/demod/DemodulatorThread.cpp
index 00df8a7..86ce709 100644
--- a/src/demod/DemodulatorThread.cpp
+++ b/src/demod/DemodulatorThread.cpp
@@ -14,10 +14,14 @@
 DemodulatorThread::DemodulatorThread(DemodulatorThreadPostInputQueue* iqInputQueue, DemodulatorThreadControlCommandQueue *threadQueueControl,
         DemodulatorThreadCommandQueue* threadQueueNotify) :
         iqInputQueue(iqInputQueue), audioVisOutputQueue(NULL), audioOutputQueue(NULL), iqAutoGain(NULL), amOutputCeil(1), amOutputCeilMA(1), amOutputCeilMAA(
-                1), stereo(false), agcEnabled(true), terminated(
-        false), demodulatorType(DEMOD_TYPE_FM), threadQueueNotify(threadQueueNotify), threadQueueControl(threadQueueControl), squelchLevel(0), signalLevel(
+                1), threadQueueNotify(threadQueueNotify), threadQueueControl(threadQueueControl), squelchLevel(0), signalLevel(
                 0), squelchEnabled(false), audioSampleRate(0) {
 
+	stereo.store(false);
+	agcEnabled.store(false);
+	terminated.store(false);
+	demodulatorType.store(DEMOD_TYPE_FM);
+
     demodFM = freqdem_create(0.5);
     demodAM_USB = ampmodem_create(0.5, 0.0, LIQUID_AMPMODEM_USB, 1);
     demodAM_LSB = ampmodem_create(0.5, 0.0, LIQUID_AMPMODEM_LSB, 1);
diff --git a/src/demod/DemodulatorWorkerThread.cpp b/src/demod/DemodulatorWorkerThread.cpp
index 8725a94..a3d13cf 100644
--- a/src/demod/DemodulatorWorkerThread.cpp
+++ b/src/demod/DemodulatorWorkerThread.cpp
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 DemodulatorWorkerThread::DemodulatorWorkerThread(DemodulatorThreadWorkerCommandQueue* in, DemodulatorThreadWorkerResultQueue* out) :
-        terminated(false), commandQueue(in), resultQueue(out) {
-
+        commandQueue(in), resultQueue(out) {
+	terminated.store(false);
 }
 
 DemodulatorWorkerThread::~DemodulatorWorkerThread() {
diff --git a/src/sdr/SDRPostThread.cpp b/src/sdr/SDRPostThread.cpp
index 6d94074..5a22aab 100644
--- a/src/sdr/SDRPostThread.cpp
+++ b/src/sdr/SDRPostThread.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
 #include <deque>
 
 SDRPostThread::SDRPostThread() :
-        iqDataInQueue(NULL), iqDataOutQueue(NULL), iqVisualQueue(NULL), terminated(false), dcFilter(NULL), num_vis_samples(16384*2), swapIQ(false) {
+        iqDataInQueue(NULL), iqDataOutQueue(NULL), iqVisualQueue(NULL), dcFilter(NULL), num_vis_samples(16384*2) {
+	
+	terminated.store(false);
+	swapIQ.store(false);
 
     // create a lookup table
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i <= 0xffff; i++) {
diff --git a/src/sdr/SDRThread.cpp b/src/sdr/SDRThread.cpp
index ebfb0aa..6f1a66e 100644
--- a/src/sdr/SDRThread.cpp
+++ b/src/sdr/SDRThread.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
 #include "CubicSDR.h"
 
 SDRThread::SDRThread(SDRThreadCommandQueue* pQueue) :
-        commandQueue(pQueue), iqDataOutQueue(NULL), terminated(false), offset(0), deviceId(-1) {
+        commandQueue(pQueue), iqDataOutQueue(NULL) {
+	terminated.store(false);
+	offset.store(0);
+	deviceId.store(-1);
     dev = NULL;
     sampleRate.store(DEFAULT_SAMPLE_RATE);
 }