diff --git a/preferences.xml b/preferences.xml
index d901e9335..8b5e81f83 100644
--- a/preferences.xml
+++ b/preferences.xml
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ Started September 2000 by David Megginson, david@megginson.com
   <hud>
    <path>Huds/Default/default.xml</path>
    <visibility type="bool">false</visibility>
+   <visibility type="bool">false</visibility> <!-- new HUD -->
    <font>
     <name type="string">Helvetica.txf</name>
     <size type="float">10</size>