diff --git a/daemon/main/Options.cpp b/daemon/main/Options.cpp
index df411ea5..eb8902c5 100644
--- a/daemon/main/Options.cpp
+++ b/daemon/main/Options.cpp
@@ -431,7 +431,11 @@ void Options::InitDefaults()
 	SetOption(OPTION_WRITELOG, "append");
 	SetOption(OPTION_ROTATELOG, "3");
 	SetOption(OPTION_APPENDCATEGORYDIR, "yes");
+#ifdef DISABLE_CURSES
+	SetOption(OPTION_OUTPUTMODE, "color");
+#else
 	SetOption(OPTION_OUTPUTMODE, "curses");
+#endif
 	SetOption(OPTION_DUPECHECK, "yes");
 	SetOption(OPTION_DOWNLOADRATE, "0");
 	SetOption(OPTION_CONTROLIP, "0.0.0.0");