diff --git a/src/picframe/model.py b/src/picframe/model.py
index 55ebf33..069c3a4 100644
--- a/src/picframe/model.py
+++ b/src/picframe/model.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
         'display_h': None,
         'display_power': 0,
         'use_glx': False,                          # default=False. Set to True on linux with xserver running
+        'use_sdl2': False,
         'test_key': 'test_value',
         'mat_images': True,
         'mat_type': None,