diff --git a/src/build_sequences.jl b/src/build_sequences.jl
index dc28da4d7aee3324ffc1d2a5198998a426b20f1d..8a55ddf241ebee1ef298b749f78c71d770439446 100644
--- a/src/build_sequences.jl
+++ b/src/build_sequences.jl
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function iterate_cost()
     if iszero(length(unique_weights))
         return [0.]
     else
-        return [sum([f for (w, f) in GLOBAL_MODEL[][2] if w == weight]) for weight in unique_weights]
+        return [sum([f for (w, f) in GLOBAL_MODEL[][2] if w == weight]; init=0.) for weight in unique_weights]
     end
 end