diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index d19cf32..64bb73b 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ void config_parse(int argc, char* argv[], PCONFIGURATION config) {
   config->localaudio = false;
   config->fullscreen = true;
   config->unsupported_version = false;
+  config->forcehw = false;
 
   config->inputsCount = 0;
   config->mapping = get_path("mappings/default.conf", getenv("XDG_DATA_DIRS"));