diff --git a/cli/src/generate/build_tables/build_parse_table.rs b/cli/src/generate/build_tables/build_parse_table.rs
index df579a27..892fb7a2 100644
--- a/cli/src/generate/build_tables/build_parse_table.rs
+++ b/cli/src/generate/build_tables/build_parse_table.rs
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ pub(crate) fn build_parse_table(
             states: Vec::new(),
             symbols: Vec::new(),
             production_infos: Vec::new(),
-            max_aliased_production_length: 0,
+            max_aliased_production_length: 1,
         },
     }
     .build()?;
diff --git a/cli/src/generate/render.rs b/cli/src/generate/render.rs
index 23aad01c..24fcec20 100644
--- a/cli/src/generate/render.rs
+++ b/cli/src/generate/render.rs
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ impl Generator {
                 // Work around MSVC's intolerance of empty array initializers by
                 // explicitly zero-initializing the first element.
                 if i == 0 {
-                    add_line!(self, "[0] = {{}},");
+                    add_line!(self, "[0] = {{0}},");
                 }
                 continue;
             }