diff --git a/doc/markdown/features.md b/doc/markdown/features.md
index 0c167e3..c829ea4 100644
--- a/doc/markdown/features.md
+++ b/doc/markdown/features.md
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
 (signals on *NIX platforms or structured exceptions on Windows)
 
 - think about the expression decomposition static asserts
+- VC6 support
 
 - examples and test coverage
 - enabling COMPARE in tests
diff --git a/doctest/doctest.h b/doctest/doctest.h
index 86011fa..80b35b9 100644
--- a/doctest/doctest.h
+++ b/doctest/doctest.h
@@ -1880,7 +1880,7 @@
 
     if(p.hash_table_histogram) {
         // find the most full bucket
-        unsigned maxInBucket = 0;
+        unsigned maxInBucket = 1;
         for(i = 0; i < buckets.size(); i++)
             if(buckets[i].size() > maxInBucket)
                 maxInBucket = buckets[i].size();