diff --git a/gui/menubar.xml b/gui/menubar.xml
index 4456be38d..1e7e6e9b2 100644
--- a/gui/menubar.xml
+++ b/gui/menubar.xml
@@ -495,9 +495,9 @@
   <item>
    <label>Cycle On-Screen Statistics</label>
    <binding>
-    <command>property-assign</command>
+    <command>property-adjust</command>
     <property>/sim/rendering/on-screen-statistics</property>
-    <value>true</value>
+    <step type="int">1</step>
    </binding>
   </item>
  </menu>
diff --git a/preferences.xml b/preferences.xml
index 05a5bdd9d..0d52e1d22 100644
--- a/preferences.xml
+++ b/preferences.xml
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ Started September 2000 by David Megginson, david@megginson.com
    <shadows-to type="bool" userarchive="y">false</shadows-to>
    <shadows-debug type="bool" userarchive="y">false</shadows-debug>
    <fps-display type="bool" userarchive="y">false</fps-display>
+   <on-screen-statistics type="int">0</on-screen-statistics>
    <glide-slope-tunnel type="bool" userarchive="y">false</glide-slope-tunnel>
    <redout>
      <enabled type="bool" userarchive="y">true</enabled>