diff --git a/src/config.cpp b/src/config.cpp
index 1ab4eb8d..ac23b474 100644
--- a/src/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "logging.h"
 #include "nvhttp.h"
 #include "rtsp.h"
+#include "video.h"
 #include "utility.h"
 
 #include "platform/common.h"
@@ -1231,6 +1232,9 @@ namespace config {
         std::cout << "Warning: Unrecognized configurable option ["sv << var << ']' << std::endl;
       }
     }
+
+    ::video::active_hevc_mode = video.hevc_mode;
+    ::video::active_av1_mode = video.av1_mode;
   }
 
   int
diff --git a/src/video.cpp b/src/video.cpp
index 984af02d..27e15538 100644
--- a/src/video.cpp
+++ b/src/video.cpp
@@ -970,7 +970,11 @@ namespace video {
   int active_hevc_mode;
   int active_av1_mode;
   bool last_encoder_probe_supported_ref_frames_invalidation = false;
-  std::array<bool, 3> last_encoder_probe_supported_yuv444_for_codec = {};
+  std::array<bool, 3> last_encoder_probe_supported_yuv444_for_codec = {
+    true,
+    true,
+    true
+  };
 
   void
   reset_display(std::shared_ptr<platf::display_t> &disp, const platf::mem_type_e &type, const std::string &display_name, const config_t &config) {