diff --git a/preferences.xml b/preferences.xml
index 5a71e4032..9c05ed0d2 100644
--- a/preferences.xml
+++ b/preferences.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ Started September 2000 by David Megginson, david@megginson.com
    <save-on-exit type="bool" userarchive="y">true</save-on-exit>
    <browser-app>netscape</browser-app><!--  help viewer -->
    <terminal-ansi-colors type="bool">true</terminal-ansi-colors>
+   <season type="string">summer</season>
   </startup>
   <rendering>
    <debug type="bool">false</debug>