diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index ec2a19839..e0928cabe 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -2009,6 +2009,7 @@ config_load(void)
 	hide_status_bar = 0;
 	scale = 1;
 	machine = machine_get_machine_from_internal_name("ibmpc");
+	dpi_scale = 1;
 
 	/* Set up the architecture flags. */
 	AT = IS_AT(machine);