diff --git a/simplecpp.cpp b/simplecpp.cpp
index 8e10ca54..1e5443d2 100644
--- a/simplecpp.cpp
+++ b/simplecpp.cpp
@@ -565,6 +565,7 @@ std::string simplecpp::TokenList::stringify(bool linenrs) const
 {
     std::ostringstream ret;
     Location loc(files);
+    loc.line = 1;
     bool filechg = true;
     for (const Token *tok = cfront(); tok; tok = tok->next) {
         if (tok->location.line < loc.line || tok->location.fileIndex != loc.fileIndex) {
diff --git a/simplecpp.h b/simplecpp.h
index 15187063..3fd378b0 100644
--- a/simplecpp.h
+++ b/simplecpp.h
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ namespace simplecpp {
 
         const std::vector<std::string> &files;
         unsigned int fileIndex{};
-        unsigned int line{1};
+        unsigned int line{};
         unsigned int col{};
     private:
         static const std::string emptyFileName;
diff --git a/test.cpp b/test.cpp
index 69e08781..a9b66efe 100644
--- a/test.cpp
+++ b/test.cpp
@@ -2732,7 +2732,7 @@ static void readfile_file_not_found()
     simplecpp::OutputList outputList;
     std::vector<std::string> files;
     (void)simplecpp::TokenList("NotAFile", files, &outputList);
-    ASSERT_EQUALS("file0,1,file_not_found,File is missing: NotAFile\n", toString(outputList));
+    ASSERT_EQUALS("file0,0,file_not_found,File is missing: NotAFile\n", toString(outputList));
 }
 
 static void stringify1()