diff --git a/packages/core/cyclist.mjs b/packages/core/cyclist.mjs
index 59755a44..9b522f05 100644
--- a/packages/core/cyclist.mjs
+++ b/packages/core/cyclist.mjs
@@ -8,13 +8,10 @@ import createClock from './zyklus.mjs';
 import { logger } from './logger.mjs';
 
 export class Cyclist {
-  worker;
-  pattern;
-  started = false;
-  cps = 1; // TODO
-  getTime;
-  phase = 0;
   constructor({ interval, onTrigger, onToggle, onError, getTime, latency = 0.1 }) {
+    this.started = false;
+    this.cps = 1; // TODO
+    this.phase = 0;
     this.getTime = getTime;
     this.onToggle = onToggle;
     this.latency = latency;
diff --git a/packages/core/pattern.mjs b/packages/core/pattern.mjs
index 316b0e43..c9c7faff 100644
--- a/packages/core/pattern.mjs
+++ b/packages/core/pattern.mjs
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ export const setStringParser = (parser) => (stringParser = parser);
 
 /** @class Class representing a pattern. */
 export class Pattern {
-  _Pattern = true; // this property is used to detect if a pattern that fails instanceof Pattern is an instance of another Pattern
   /**
    * Create a pattern. As an end user, you will most likely not create a Pattern directly.
    *
@@ -31,6 +30,7 @@ export class Pattern {
    */
   constructor(query) {
     this.query = query;
+    this._Pattern = true; // this property is used to detect if a pattern that fails instanceof Pattern is an instance of another Pattern
   }
 
   //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////