diff --git a/test/helpers.h b/test/helpers.h
index ae4c49b1a..d1e7022b3 100644
--- a/test/helpers.h
+++ b/test/helpers.h
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ namespace simplecpp {
 
 class givenACodeSampleToTokenize {
 private:
-    Tokenizer tokenizer;
     const Settings settings;
+    Tokenizer tokenizer;
 
 public:
     explicit givenACodeSampleToTokenize(const char sample[], bool createOnly = false, bool cpp = true)