diff --git a/NAS2D/Xml/XmlMemoryBuffer.cpp b/NAS2D/Xml/XmlMemoryBuffer.cpp
index 8053de66..d1483232 100644
--- a/NAS2D/Xml/XmlMemoryBuffer.cpp
+++ b/NAS2D/Xml/XmlMemoryBuffer.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ inline void line_break(const std::string& linebreak, std::string& buffer)
 }
 
 
-XmlMemoryBuffer::XmlMemoryBuffer() : depth(0), _indent("\t"), _lineBreak("\n")
+XmlMemoryBuffer::XmlMemoryBuffer() : _indent("\t"), _lineBreak("\n"), depth(0)
 {}
 
 
diff --git a/NAS2D/Xml/XmlMemoryBuffer.h b/NAS2D/Xml/XmlMemoryBuffer.h
index afb9f934..456df7dd 100644
--- a/NAS2D/Xml/XmlMemoryBuffer.h
+++ b/NAS2D/Xml/XmlMemoryBuffer.h
@@ -53,11 +53,12 @@ class XmlMemoryBuffer : public XmlVisitor
 	const std::string& buffer();
 
 private:
-	int depth;
-
 	std::string _buffer{};
 	std::string _indent;
 	std::string _lineBreak;
+	int depth;
+protected:
+	int _padding{};
 };
 
 } // namespace Xml