diff --git a/examples/basic.cc b/examples/basic.cc
index f83d6fb..2b7f050 100644
--- a/examples/basic.cc
+++ b/examples/basic.cc
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ using phmap::flat_hash_map;
 int main()
 {
     // Create an unordered_map of three strings (that map to strings)
-    flat_hash_map<std::string, std::string> email;
+    flat_hash_map<std::string, std::string> email = 
+    {
+        { "tom",  "tom@gmail.com"},
+        { "jeff", "jk@gmail.com"},
+        { "jim",  "jimg@microsoft.com"}
+    };
  
     // Iterate and print keys and values 
     for (const auto& n : email) 
diff --git a/parallel_hashmap/phmap.h b/parallel_hashmap/phmap.h
index 48573b9..f5db1cb 100644
--- a/parallel_hashmap/phmap.h
+++ b/parallel_hashmap/phmap.h
@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ public:
 
     raw_hash_set(const raw_hash_set& that, const allocator_type& a)
         : raw_hash_set(0, that.hash_ref(), that.eq_ref(), a) {
-        reserve(that.capacity());
+        rehash(that.capacity());   // operator=() should preserve load_factor
         // Because the table is guaranteed to be empty, we can do something faster
         // than a full `insert`.
         for (const auto& v : that) {