diff --git a/settings.c b/settings.c
index ef84fc5c7f..e5aa9b8961 100644
--- a/settings.c
+++ b/settings.c
@@ -372,6 +372,8 @@ void config_set_defaults(void)
    *g_settings.input.autoconfig_dir = '\0';
    *g_settings.input.overlay = '\0';
    *g_settings.content_directory = '\0';
+   *g_settings.video.shader_path = '\0';
+   *g_settings.video.shader_dir = '\0';
 #ifdef HAVE_MENU
    *g_settings.rgui_content_directory = '\0';
    *g_settings.rgui_config_directory = '\0';