diff --git a/code/meos.cpp b/code/meos.cpp
index 535392d..d952200 100644
--- a/code/meos.cpp
+++ b/code/meos.cpp
@@ -352,6 +352,9 @@ int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,
     expandDirectory(listpath, L"*.lxml", res);
     expandDirectory(listpath, L"*.listdef", res);
 
+    // Pre-Initialize static MetaList lookups; So it is not skipped if there are zero listdefs to process
+    MetaList::InitializeStatics();
+
     wstring err;
     set<wstring> processed;
     for (size_t k = 0; k<res.size(); k++) {
diff --git a/code/metalist.h b/code/metalist.h
index 0c01a20..ea7103d 100644
--- a/code/metalist.h
+++ b/code/metalist.h
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ private:
   shared_ptr<SplitPrintListInfo> splitPrintInfo;
 
 public:
+  static void InitializeStatics() { initSymbols(); }
 
   bool isSplitPrintList() const { return splitPrintInfo != nullptr; }