diff --git a/components/lua_ui/text.cpp b/components/lua_ui/text.cpp
index 241af981b0..571bdaf403 100644
--- a/components/lua_ui/text.cpp
+++ b/components/lua_ui/text.cpp
@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@
 
 namespace LuaUi
 {
+    LuaText::LuaText()
+        : mAutoSized(true)
+    {}
+
     void LuaText::initialize()
     {
         WidgetExtension::initialize();
-        mAutoSized = true;
     }
 
     bool LuaText::setPropertyRaw(std::string_view name, sol::object value)
diff --git a/components/lua_ui/text.hpp b/components/lua_ui/text.hpp
index 08de275d23..90a3fc563c 100644
--- a/components/lua_ui/text.hpp
+++ b/components/lua_ui/text.hpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ namespace LuaUi
         MYGUI_RTTI_DERIVED(LuaText)
 
         public:
+            LuaText();
             virtual void initialize() override;
 
         private:
diff --git a/components/lua_ui/textedit.hpp b/components/lua_ui/textedit.hpp
index 7d3291692c..3eb5b471c3 100644
--- a/components/lua_ui/textedit.hpp
+++ b/components/lua_ui/textedit.hpp
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ namespace LuaUi
     {
         MYGUI_RTTI_DERIVED(LuaTextEdit)
 
-    protected:
-        bool setPropertyRaw(std::string_view name, sol::object value) override;
+        protected:
+            bool setPropertyRaw(std::string_view name, sol::object value) override;
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/components/lua_ui/widget.cpp b/components/lua_ui/widget.cpp
index 5cbf1f318d..3ce07273f8 100644
--- a/components/lua_ui/widget.cpp
+++ b/components/lua_ui/widget.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@
 
 namespace LuaUi
 {
+    WidgetExtension::WidgetExtension()
+        : mForcedCoord()
+        , mAbsoluteCoord()
+        , mRelativeCoord()
+        , mAnchor()
+    {}
+
     void WidgetExtension::triggerEvent(std::string_view name, const sol::object& argument = sol::nil) const
     {
         auto it = mCallbacks.find(name);
@@ -27,11 +34,6 @@ namespace LuaUi
 
     void WidgetExtension::initialize()
     {
-        mAbsoluteCoord = MyGUI::IntCoord();
-        mRelativeCoord = MyGUI::FloatCoord();
-        mAnchor = MyGUI::FloatSize();
-        mForcedCoord = MyGUI::IntCoord();
-
         // \todo might be more efficient to only register these if there are Lua callbacks
         mWidget->eventKeyButtonPressed += MyGUI::newDelegate(this, &WidgetExtension::keyPress);
         mWidget->eventKeyButtonReleased += MyGUI::newDelegate(this, &WidgetExtension::keyRelease);
diff --git a/components/lua_ui/widget.hpp b/components/lua_ui/widget.hpp
index fe1ad46716..48b169572f 100644
--- a/components/lua_ui/widget.hpp
+++ b/components/lua_ui/widget.hpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ namespace LuaUi
     class WidgetExtension
     {
     public:
+        WidgetExtension();
         // must be called after creating the underlying MyGUI::Widget
         void create(lua_State* lua, MyGUI::Widget* self);
         // must be called after before destroying the underlying MyGUI::Widget
@@ -42,7 +43,6 @@ namespace LuaUi
         void updateCoord();
 
     protected:
-        ~WidgetExtension() {}
         sol::table makeTable() const;
         sol::object keyEvent(MyGUI::KeyCode) const;
         sol::object mouseEvent(int left, int top, MyGUI::MouseButton button) const;
diff --git a/components/lua_ui/window.cpp b/components/lua_ui/window.cpp
index 874ccb9fa4..b7bb426a63 100644
--- a/components/lua_ui/window.cpp
+++ b/components/lua_ui/window.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 
 namespace LuaUi
 {
+    LuaWindow::LuaWindow()
+        : mCaption()
+        , mPreviousMouse()
+        , mChangeScale()
+    {}
+
     void LuaWindow::initialize()
     {
         WidgetExtension::initialize();
diff --git a/components/lua_ui/window.hpp b/components/lua_ui/window.hpp
index d92bf8dcbf..c04b0a6055 100644
--- a/components/lua_ui/window.hpp
+++ b/components/lua_ui/window.hpp
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ namespace LuaUi
     {
         MYGUI_RTTI_DERIVED(LuaWindow)
 
+        public:
+            LuaWindow();
+
         private:
             // \todo replace with LuaText when skins are properly implemented
             MyGUI::TextBox* mCaption;