diff --git a/libultraship/libultraship/ConfigFile.cpp b/libultraship/libultraship/ConfigFile.cpp
index dd4e5bec5..1b4952139 100644
--- a/libultraship/libultraship/ConfigFile.cpp
+++ b/libultraship/libultraship/ConfigFile.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ namespace Ship {
 		(*this)["WINDOW"]["FULLSCREEN WIDTH"] = std::to_string(1920);
 		(*this)["WINDOW"]["FULLSCREEN HEIGHT"] = std::to_string(1080);
 		(*this)["WINDOW"]["FULLSCREEN"] = std::to_string(false);
-		(*this)["WINDOW"]["GFX BACKEND"] = "";
+		(*this)["WINDOW"]["GFX BACKEND"] = "sdl";
 
 		(*this)["KEYBOARD CONTROLLER BINDING 1"][STR(BTN_CRIGHT)] = std::to_string(0x14D);
 		(*this)["KEYBOARD CONTROLLER BINDING 1"][STR(BTN_CLEFT)] = std::to_string(0x14B);
@@ -156,4 +156,4 @@ namespace Ship {
 
 		return File.generate(Val);
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}