diff --git a/src/conf.c b/src/conf.c
index 765b85c86..951ec2bef 100644
--- a/src/conf.c
+++ b/src/conf.c
@@ -1871,6 +1871,7 @@ static void make_default_logblock(void)
 	safe_strdup(ca->file, "ircd.log");
 	convert_to_absolute_path(&ca->file, LOGDIR);
 	ca->flags |= LOG_CHGCMDS|LOG_CLIENT|LOG_ERROR|LOG_KILL|LOG_KLINE|LOG_OPER|LOG_OVERRIDE|LOG_SACMDS|LOG_SERVER|LOG_SPAMFILTER|LOG_TKL;
+	ca->type = LOG_TYPE_TEXT;
 	ca->logfd = -1;
 	AddListItem(ca, conf_log);
 }
diff --git a/src/log.c b/src/log.c
index 36c573402..3f4120026 100644
--- a/src/log.c
+++ b/src/log.c
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ int config_run_log(ConfigFile *conf, ConfigEntry *ce)
 
 	ca = safe_alloc(sizeof(ConfigItem_log));
 	ca->logfd = -1;
+	ca->type = LOG_TYPE_TEXT; /* default */
 	if (strchr(ce->ce_vardata, '%'))
 		safe_strdup(ca->filefmt, ce->ce_vardata);
 	else