diff --git a/xtrn/DDMsgReader/ddmr_cfg.js b/xtrn/DDMsgReader/ddmr_cfg.js
index e8f8f9d9e84dd061189b97163db1e7f909004b08..9abfb64457adcaea50c36173fa4c011e233a832f 100644
--- a/xtrn/DDMsgReader/ddmr_cfg.js
+++ b/xtrn/DDMsgReader/ddmr_cfg.js
@@ -748,6 +748,8 @@ function readDDMsgReaderCfgFile()
 		retObj.cfgOptions.saveAllHdrsWhenSavingMsgToBBSPC = false;
 	if (!retObj.cfgOptions.hasOwnProperty("useIndexedModeForNewscan"))
 		retObj.cfgOptions.useIndexedModeForNewscan = false;
+	if (!retObj.cfgOptions.hasOwnProperty("displayIndexedModeMenuIfNoNewMessages"))
+		retObj.cfgOptions.displayIndexedModeMenuIfNoNewMessages = false;
 	if (!retObj.cfgOptions.hasOwnProperty("enableIndexedModeMsgListCache"))
 		retObj.cfgOptions.enableIndexedModeMsgListCache = true;
 	if (!retObj.cfgOptions.hasOwnProperty("newscanOnlyShowNewMsgs"))