diff --git a/src/screen.c b/src/screen.c
index c80c602c9..2bd754ff3 100644
--- a/src/screen.c
+++ b/src/screen.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static CV_PossibleValue_t shittyscreen_cons_t[] = {{0, "Okay"}, {1, "Shitty"}, {
 consvar_t cv_shittyscreen = CVAR_INIT ("televisionsignal", "Okay", 0, shittyscreen_cons_t, NULL);
 
 static CV_PossibleValue_t votescale_cons_t[] = {{0, "Vanilla"}, {1, "Adaptive"}, {2, "VerticalFill"}, {3, "HorizontalFill"}, {0, NULL}};
-consvar_t cv_votebgscaling = CVAR_INIT ("votebgscaling", "Adaptive", 0, votescale_cons_t, NULL);
+consvar_t cv_votebgscaling = CVAR_INIT ("votebgscaling", "Adaptive", CV_SAVE, votescale_cons_t, NULL);
 
 CV_PossibleValue_t cv_renderer_t[] = {
 	{1, "Software"},