diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d332ca3..65eb954 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ assert(guid.wstring() == str);
 ```
 * Creating a UUID from an array
 ```
-std::array<uint8_t, 16> arr{
+std::array<uint8_t, 16> arr{{
    0x47, 0x18, 0x38, 0x23, 
    0x25, 0x74, 
    0x4b, 0xfd, 
    0xb4, 0x11,
-   0x99, 0xed, 0x17, 0x7d, 0x3e, 0x43};
+   0x99, 0xed, 0x17, 0x7d, 0x3e, 0x43}};
 uuid guid(arr);
 assert(id.string() == "47183823-2574-4bfd-b411-99ed177d3e43");
 ```
@@ -107,12 +107,12 @@ assert(empty.wstring() == L"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000");
 ```
 * Iterating through the UUID data
 ```
-std::array<uint8_t, 16> arr{
+std::array<uint8_t, 16> arr{{
    0x47, 0x18, 0x38, 0x23,
    0x25, 0x74,
    0x4b, 0xfd,
    0xb4, 0x11,
-   0x99, 0xed, 0x17, 0x7d, 0x3e, 0x43};
+   0x99, 0xed, 0x17, 0x7d, 0x3e, 0x43}};
 
 uuid guid;
 assert(guid.nil());