diff --git a/cmake/CircuitCompile.cmake b/cmake/CircuitCompile.cmake
index 54407fe6..dd843ea5 100644
--- a/cmake/CircuitCompile.cmake
+++ b/cmake/CircuitCompile.cmake
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ function(add_circuit name)
     endif()
 
     add_custom_target(${name}
-                      COMMAND $<TARGET_FILE:clang> -target assigner -Xclang -no-opaque-pointers -std=c++20
+                      COMMAND $<TARGET_FILE:clang> -target assigner -Xclang -no-opaque-pointers -Xclang -fpreserve-vec3-type -std=c++20
                       -D__ZKLLVM__ ${INCLUDE_DIRS_LIST} -emit-llvm -O1 ${format_option} -o ${binary_name} ${CIRCUIT_SOURCES}
 
                       VERBATIM COMMAND_EXPAND_LISTS
diff --git a/examples/balance.cpp b/examples/balance.cpp
index b13920f9..7918a8ee 100644
--- a/examples/balance.cpp
+++ b/examples/balance.cpp
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ constexpr std::size_t VertexAmount = 5;
             std::array<typename pallas::base_field_type::value_type, VertexAmount>
                 weights) {
 
-    std::array<typename pallas::base_field_type::value_type, 2> balance_point;
-    balance_point[0] = balance_point[1] = static_cast<pallas::base_field_type::value_type>(0);
+    std::array<typename pallas::base_field_type::value_type, 2> balance_point = {0,0};
     typename pallas::base_field_type::value_type balance_weight = 0;
 
     for (std::size_t VertexIndex = 0; VertexIndex < VertexAmount; VertexIndex++) {
@@ -22,4 +21,4 @@ constexpr std::size_t VertexAmount = 5;
     balance_point[1] /= balance_weight;
 
     return balance_point;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}