diff --git a/src/player/play.cpp b/src/player/play.cpp
index a8254a8ae..0f329f5a3 100644
--- a/src/player/play.cpp
+++ b/src/player/play.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ auto perframe(struct ncvisual* ncv, struct ncvisual_options* vopts,
         .x = 0,
         .rows = 1,
         .cols = dimx,
-        nullptr, "subt", nullptr, 0,
+        .userptr = nullptr,
+        .name = "subt",
+        .resizecb = nullptr,
+        .flags = 0,
       };
       marsh->subtitle_plane = ncplane_create(notcurses_stdplane(nc), &nopts);
       uint64_t channels = 0;