diff --git a/GUI/coregui/Models/ParameterTranslators.h b/GUI/coregui/Models/ParameterTranslators.h
index d189135146c1075a5acea636515b6c4f80e7b2f4..58ef1c8ee028e4239b196e2cb0e183de9a80a25b 100644
--- a/GUI/coregui/Models/ParameterTranslators.h
+++ b/GUI/coregui/Models/ParameterTranslators.h
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class VectorParameterTranslator : public IPathTranslator
 {
 public:
     VectorParameterTranslator(QString gui_name, std::string base_name,
-                              QStringList additional_names = QStringList());
+                              QStringList additional_names = {});
     ~VectorParameterTranslator() override {}
 
     VectorParameterTranslator* clone() const override;
diff --git a/GUI/coregui/Models/SessionItem.h b/GUI/coregui/Models/SessionItem.h
index 5356a38eaf476324c41a0907b4efcb607dd5b5f1..e626eb98c8729656290bef1766b23aa23bf04ec8 100644
--- a/GUI/coregui/Models/SessionItem.h
+++ b/GUI/coregui/Models/SessionItem.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public:
 
     // manage and check tags
     bool registerTag(const QString& name, int min = 0, int max = -1,
-                     QStringList modelTypes = QStringList());
+                     QStringList modelTypes = {});
     bool isTag(const QString& name) const;
     SessionItemTags* sessionItemTags();
     QString tagFromItem(const SessionItem* item) const;
diff --git a/GUI/coregui/Views/CommonWidgets/ItemComboToolBar.h b/GUI/coregui/Views/CommonWidgets/ItemComboToolBar.h
index 8e484db51c99f03c74fbae77aa73113dfb289098..0c4ae95dc48f710d61e7c97900185df3d740b3aa 100644
--- a/GUI/coregui/Views/CommonWidgets/ItemComboToolBar.h
+++ b/GUI/coregui/Views/CommonWidgets/ItemComboToolBar.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public:
     void setPresentation(const QString& name);
 
     void setPresentationList(const QStringList& presentationList,
-                             const QStringList& activeList = QStringList());
+                             const QStringList& activeList = {});
 
     QString currentPresentation() const;