diff --git a/src/platform/portduino/PortduinoGlue.cpp b/src/platform/portduino/PortduinoGlue.cpp
index 72b2a3bc7..f686ef3dc 100644
--- a/src/platform/portduino/PortduinoGlue.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/portduino/PortduinoGlue.cpp
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ void portduinoSetup()
     gpioInit();
 
     std::string gpioChipName = "gpiochip";
+    settingsStrings[i2cdev] = "";
+    settingsStrings[keyboardDevice] = "";
+    settingsStrings[webserverrootpath] = "";
+    settingsStrings[spidev] = "";
 
     YAML::Node yamlConfig;
 
@@ -280,4 +284,4 @@ int initGPIOPin(int pinNum, std::string gpioChipName)
         std::cout << "Warning, cannot claim pin " << gpio_name << (p ? p.__cxa_exception_type()->name() : "null") << std::endl;
         return ERRNO_DISABLED;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}