diff --git a/AlgebraicDataflowArchitectureModel/src/algorithms/JavaCodeGenerator.java b/AlgebraicDataflowArchitectureModel/src/algorithms/JavaCodeGenerator.java
index 7e4df1b..ec24c89 100644
--- a/AlgebraicDataflowArchitectureModel/src/algorithms/JavaCodeGenerator.java
+++ b/AlgebraicDataflowArchitectureModel/src/algorithms/JavaCodeGenerator.java
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@
 		Type stateType = resId.getResourceStateType();
 		String initializer = null;
 		if (resId.getInitialValue() != null) {
-			initializer = resId.getInitialValue().toImplementation(new String[] {});
+			initializer = resId.getInitialValue().toImplementation(new String[] {""});
 		} else {
 			if (DataConstraintModel.typeList.isAncestorOf(stateType)) {
 				initializer = "new " + resId.getResourceStateType().getImplementationTypeName() + "()";