diff --git a/flight/OpenPilot/System/pios_board.c b/flight/OpenPilot/System/pios_board.c
index f4ac5c367..12d365b67 100644
--- a/flight/OpenPilot/System/pios_board.c
+++ b/flight/OpenPilot/System/pios_board.c
@@ -1093,6 +1093,7 @@ void PIOS_Board_Init(void) {
 
 	/* Configure the selected receiver */
 	uint8_t manualcontrolsettings_inputmode;
+	ManualControlSettingsInitialize();
 	ManualControlSettingsInputModeGet(&manualcontrolsettings_inputmode);
 
 	switch (manualcontrolsettings_inputmode) {