diff --git a/src/servers/input/MouseSettings.cpp b/src/servers/input/MouseSettings.cpp
index 4eeba4ec19..26d8dfeb1c 100644
--- a/src/servers/input/MouseSettings.cpp
+++ b/src/servers/input/MouseSettings.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ static const int32 kDefaultAccelerationFactor = 65536;
 
 MouseSettings::MouseSettings()
 {
+	Defaults();
 	RetrieveSettings();
 
 #ifdef DEBUG