diff --git a/examples/basic.cc b/examples/basic.cc
index 2b7f050..f83d6fb 100644
--- a/examples/basic.cc
+++ b/examples/basic.cc
@@ -7,12 +7,7 @@ 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 = 
-    {
-        { "tom",  "tom@gmail.com"},
-        { "jeff", "jk@gmail.com"},
-        { "jim",  "jimg@microsoft.com"}
-    };
+    flat_hash_map<std::string, std::string> email;
  
     // Iterate and print keys and values 
     for (const auto& n : email) 
diff --git a/parallel_hashmap/phmap_base.h b/parallel_hashmap/phmap_base.h
index ed546c9..8df91e4 100644
--- a/parallel_hashmap/phmap_base.h
+++ b/parallel_hashmap/phmap_base.h
@@ -4275,7 +4275,13 @@ constexpr bool IsFinal() {
 
 template <typename T>
 constexpr bool ShouldUseBase() {
-  return std::is_class<T>::value && std::is_empty<T>::value && !IsFinal<T>();
+#ifdef __INTEL_COMPILER
+    // avoid crash in Intel compiler
+    // assertion failed at: "shared/cfe/edgcpfe/lower_init.c", line 7013
+    return false; 
+#else
+    return std::is_class<T>::value && std::is_empty<T>::value && !IsFinal<T>();
+#endif
 }
 
 // The storage class provides two specializations: