diff --git a/main/main.cpp b/main/main.cpp
index da03dbe713f..9b7e6f219e4 100644
--- a/main/main.cpp
+++ b/main/main.cpp
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ Error Main::setup(const char *execpath, int argc, char *argv[], bool p_second_ph
 
 	OS::get_singleton()->set_cmdline(execpath, main_args);
 
-	GLOBAL_DEF("rendering/quality/driver/driver_name", "GLES3");
+	GLOBAL_DEF_RST("rendering/quality/driver/driver_name", "GLES3");
 	ProjectSettings::get_singleton()->set_custom_property_info("rendering/quality/driver/driver_name", PropertyInfo(Variant::STRING, "rendering/quality/driver/driver_name", PROPERTY_HINT_ENUM, "GLES2,GLES3"));
 	if (video_driver == "") {
 		video_driver = GLOBAL_GET("rendering/quality/driver/driver_name");