diff --git a/crates/clawhdf5/src/reader.rs b/crates/clawhdf5/src/reader.rs
index 1ef5f04..4be5f93 100644
--- a/crates/clawhdf5/src/reader.rs
+++ b/crates/clawhdf5/src/reader.rs
@@ -463,6 +463,7 @@ impl File {
                 chunk_cache: ChunkCache::new(),
                 base_dir: None,
                 vds_resolver: None,
+                swmr: crate::swmr::Retries::default(),
             }
         };
         #[cfg(not(feature = "mmap"))]