diff --git a/repository.c b/repository.c
index 998413b8bb..f66fcb1342 100644
--- a/repository.c
+++ b/repository.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 /* The main repository */
 static struct repository the_repo = {
-	NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, &the_index, NULL, 0, 0
+	NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, &the_index, &hash_algos[GIT_HASH_SHA1], 0, 0
 };
 struct repository *the_repository = &the_repo;