diff --git a/base/vulkanexamplebase.cpp b/base/vulkanexamplebase.cpp
index fad5993e..01f1403f 100644
--- a/base/vulkanexamplebase.cpp
+++ b/base/vulkanexamplebase.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
 * Vulkan Example base class
 *
-* Copyright (C) 2016-2023 by Sascha Willems - www.saschawillems.de
+* Copyright (C) 2016-2024 by Sascha Willems - www.saschawillems.de
 *
 * This code is licensed under the MIT license (MIT) (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 */
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ VulkanExampleBase::~VulkanExampleBase()
 	}
 	vkDestroyImageView(device, depthStencil.view, nullptr);
 	vkDestroyImage(device, depthStencil.image, nullptr);
-	vkFreeMemory(device, depthStencil.mem, nullptr);
+	vkFreeMemory(device, depthStencil.memory, nullptr);
 
 	vkDestroyPipelineCache(device, pipelineCache, nullptr);
 
@@ -3007,8 +3007,8 @@ void VulkanExampleBase::setupDepthStencil()
 	memAllloc.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_MEMORY_ALLOCATE_INFO;
 	memAllloc.allocationSize = memReqs.size;
 	memAllloc.memoryTypeIndex = vulkanDevice->getMemoryType(memReqs.memoryTypeBits, VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_DEVICE_LOCAL_BIT);
-	VK_CHECK_RESULT(vkAllocateMemory(device, &memAllloc, nullptr, &depthStencil.mem));
-	VK_CHECK_RESULT(vkBindImageMemory(device, depthStencil.image, depthStencil.mem, 0));
+	VK_CHECK_RESULT(vkAllocateMemory(device, &memAllloc, nullptr, &depthStencil.memory));
+	VK_CHECK_RESULT(vkBindImageMemory(device, depthStencil.image, depthStencil.memory, 0));
 
 	VkImageViewCreateInfo imageViewCI{};
 	imageViewCI.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_VIEW_CREATE_INFO;
@@ -3149,7 +3149,7 @@ void VulkanExampleBase::windowResize()
 	// Recreate the frame buffers
 	vkDestroyImageView(device, depthStencil.view, nullptr);
 	vkDestroyImage(device, depthStencil.image, nullptr);
-	vkFreeMemory(device, depthStencil.mem, nullptr);
+	vkFreeMemory(device, depthStencil.memory, nullptr);
 	setupDepthStencil();
 	for (uint32_t i = 0; i < frameBuffers.size(); i++) {
 		vkDestroyFramebuffer(device, frameBuffers[i], nullptr);
diff --git a/base/vulkanexamplebase.h b/base/vulkanexamplebase.h
index ccf6735a..0ab2a319 100644
--- a/base/vulkanexamplebase.h
+++ b/base/vulkanexamplebase.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
 * Vulkan Example base class
 *
-* Copyright (C) 2016-2023 by Sascha Willems - www.saschawillems.de
+* Copyright (C) 2016-2024 by Sascha Willems - www.saschawillems.de
 *
 * This code is licensed under the MIT license (MIT) (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 */
@@ -202,11 +202,12 @@ public:
 	std::string name = "vulkanExample";
 	uint32_t apiVersion = VK_API_VERSION_1_0;
 
+	/** @brief Default depth stencil attachment used by the default render pass */
 	struct {
 		VkImage image;
-		VkDeviceMemory mem;
+		VkDeviceMemory memory;
 		VkImageView view;
-	} depthStencil;
+	} depthStencil{};
 
 	struct {
 		glm::vec2 axisLeft = glm::vec2(0.0f);
diff --git a/examples/triangle/triangle.cpp b/examples/triangle/triangle.cpp
index 59f6f0a7..c71b8ef8 100644
--- a/examples/triangle/triangle.cpp
+++ b/examples/triangle/triangle.cpp
@@ -485,8 +485,8 @@ public:
 		vkGetImageMemoryRequirements(device, depthStencil.image, &memReqs);
 		memAlloc.allocationSize = memReqs.size;
 		memAlloc.memoryTypeIndex = getMemoryTypeIndex(memReqs.memoryTypeBits, VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_DEVICE_LOCAL_BIT);
-		VK_CHECK_RESULT(vkAllocateMemory(device, &memAlloc, nullptr, &depthStencil.mem));
-		VK_CHECK_RESULT(vkBindImageMemory(device, depthStencil.image, depthStencil.mem, 0));
+		VK_CHECK_RESULT(vkAllocateMemory(device, &memAlloc, nullptr, &depthStencil.memory));
+		VK_CHECK_RESULT(vkBindImageMemory(device, depthStencil.image, depthStencil.memory, 0));
 
 		// Create a view for the depth stencil image
 		// Images aren't directly accessed in Vulkan, but rather through views described by a subresource range