diff --git a/code/FBXBinaryTokenizer.cpp b/code/FBXBinaryTokenizer.cpp
index b5f151c15..ba5db4625 100644
--- a/code/FBXBinaryTokenizer.cpp
+++ b/code/FBXBinaryTokenizer.cpp
@@ -55,14 +55,15 @@ namespace FBX {
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Token::Token(const char* sbegin, const char* send, TokenType type, unsigned int offset)
-	: sbegin(sbegin)
+	: 
+	#ifdef DEBUG
+	contents(sbegin, static_cast<size_t>(send-sbegin)),
+	#endif
+	sbegin(sbegin)
 	, send(send)
 	, type(type)
 	, line(offset)
 	, column(BINARY_MARKER)
-#ifdef DEBUG
-	, contents(sbegin, static_cast<size_t>(send-sbegin))
-#endif
 {
 	ai_assert(sbegin);
 	ai_assert(send);
@@ -395,4 +396,4 @@ void TokenizeBinary(TokenList& output_tokens, const char* input, unsigned int le
 } // !FBX
 } // !Assimp
 
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif
diff --git a/code/FBXTokenizer.cpp b/code/FBXTokenizer.cpp
index 7aa81543a..caa80c191 100644
--- a/code/FBXTokenizer.cpp
+++ b/code/FBXTokenizer.cpp
@@ -58,14 +58,15 @@ namespace FBX {
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Token::Token(const char* sbegin, const char* send, TokenType type, unsigned int line, unsigned int column)
-	: sbegin(sbegin)
+	:
+#ifdef DEBUG
+	contents(sbegin, static_cast<size_t>(send-sbegin)),
+#endif
+	sbegin(sbegin)
 	, send(send)
 	, type(type)
 	, line(line)
 	, column(column)
-#ifdef DEBUG
-	, contents(sbegin, static_cast<size_t>(send-sbegin))
-#endif
 {
 	ai_assert(sbegin);
 	ai_assert(send);