diff --git a/exec/load/sbbsini.js b/exec/load/sbbsini.js
index 8e99a402129915f7cf276aca12f0b8daa132a977..9c475a2ed02349d80916ea7d1d5c043a16197971 100644
--- a/exec/load/sbbsini.js
+++ b/exec/load/sbbsini.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ new function() {
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	sect = null;
+	sect = "Global";
 	this.ctrl_dir = backslash(f.iniGetValue(sect, "CtrlDirectory", system.ctrl_dir));
 	this.temp_dir = backslash(f.iniGetValue(sect, "TempDirectory", system.temp_dir));
 	this.host_name = f.iniGetValue(sect, "Hostname", "");