diff --git a/src/overlay_params.cpp b/src/overlay_params.cpp
index a0998f5a..cddc95e9 100644
--- a/src/overlay_params.cpp
+++ b/src/overlay_params.cpp
@@ -560,6 +560,7 @@ parse_overlay_env(struct overlay_params *params,
          params->enabled[OVERLAY_PARAM_ENABLED_bicubic] = 0;
          params->enabled[OVERLAY_PARAM_ENABLED_retro] = 0;
          params->enabled[OVERLAY_PARAM_ENABLED_debug] = 0;
+         params->enabled[OVERLAY_PARAM_ENABLED_engine_short_names] = 0;
       }
 #define OVERLAY_PARAM_BOOL(name)                                       \
       if (!strcmp(#name, key)) {                                       \
@@ -610,6 +611,7 @@ static void set_param_defaults(struct overlay_params *params){
    params->enabled[OVERLAY_PARAM_ENABLED_throttling_status] = false;
    params->enabled[OVERLAY_PARAM_ENABLED_fcat] = false;
    params->enabled[OVERLAY_PARAM_ENABLED_horizontal_stretch] = true;
+   params->enabled[OVERLAY_PARAM_ENABLED_engine_short_names] = false;
    params->fps_sampling_period = 500000000; /* 500ms */
    params->width = 0;
    params->height = 140;
@@ -732,6 +734,7 @@ parse_overlay_config(struct overlay_params *params,
          params->enabled[OVERLAY_PARAM_ENABLED_bicubic] = 0;
          params->enabled[OVERLAY_PARAM_ENABLED_retro] = 0;
          params->enabled[OVERLAY_PARAM_ENABLED_debug] = 0;
+         params->enabled[OVERLAY_PARAM_ENABLED_engine_short_names] = 0;
          params->options.erase("full");
       }
       for (auto& it : params->options) {