diff --git a/src/messages/initialize.cc b/src/messages/initialize.cc
index 5ad5ef47..42fba4be 100644
--- a/src/messages/initialize.cc
+++ b/src/messages/initialize.cc
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 namespace ccls {
 using namespace llvm;
 
-std::vector<const char *> SEMANTIC_TOKENS = {
+const char * SEMANTIC_TOKENS[] = {
   "unknown",
 
   "file",
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ std::vector<const char *> SEMANTIC_TOKENS = {
   "macro"
 };
 
-std::vector<const char *> SEMANTIC_MODIFIERS = {
+const char * SEMANTIC_MODIFIERS[] = {
     "declaration", //1
     "definition",  //2
     "static"       //4
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ struct ServerCap {
   Config::ServerCap::Workspace workspace;
   struct SemanticTokenProvider {
       struct SemanticTokensLegend {
-          std::vector<const char *> tokenTypes = SEMANTIC_TOKENS;
-          std::vector<const char *> tokenModifiers = SEMANTIC_MODIFIERS;
+          std::vector<const char *> tokenTypes{std::begin(SEMANTIC_TOKENS), std::end(SEMANTIC_TOKENS)};
+          std::vector<const char *> tokenModifiers{std::begin(SEMANTIC_MODIFIERS), std::end(SEMANTIC_MODIFIERS)};
       } legend;
       bool range = true;
       bool full = true;