diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b34c512..f7e302c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ stream
 .cache
 build/
 build-em/
+build-debug/
+build-release/
 out/
 .vs/
 .vscode/
diff --git a/whisper.cpp b/whisper.cpp
index 8ef20cb..61d0a8a 100644
--- a/whisper.cpp
+++ b/whisper.cpp
@@ -2262,7 +2262,11 @@ struct whisper_full_params whisper_full_default_params(enum whisper_decode_strat
     switch (strategy) {
         case WHISPER_DECODE_GREEDY:
             {
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
                 result = {
+#else
+                result = (struct whisper_full_params) {
+#endif
                     .strategy  = WHISPER_DECODE_GREEDY,
                     .n_threads = std::min(4, (int32_t) std::thread::hardware_concurrency()),
                     .offset_ms = 0,
@@ -2283,8 +2287,12 @@ struct whisper_full_params whisper_full_default_params(enum whisper_decode_strat
             } break;
         case WHISPER_DECODE_BEAM_SEARCH:
             {
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
                 result = {
-                    .strategy  = WHISPER_DECODE_GREEDY,
+#else
+                result = (struct whisper_full_params) {
+#endif
+                    .strategy  = WHISPER_DECODE_BEAM_SEARCH,
                     .n_threads = std::min(4, (int32_t) std::thread::hardware_concurrency()),
                     .offset_ms = 0,