diff --git a/preferences.xml b/preferences.xml
index d7aeed51c..daa3e8506 100644
--- a/preferences.xml
+++ b/preferences.xml
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ Started September 2000 by David Megginson, david@megginson.com
    <water-shader userarchive="y">0</water-shader>
    <urban-shader userarchive="y">0</urban-shader>
    <snow-level-m type="double">2000.0</snow-level-m>
+   <quality-level type="double" userarchive="y">0.0</quality-level>
   </rendering>
   <model-hz type="int">120</model-hz>
   <navdb>