diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index 4dd01bb63..6ac68722f 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -458,6 +458,10 @@ void init_default_instance()
 
 	defproxy.email_alert.level = LOG_ALERT;
 	defproxy.load_server_state_from_file = PR_SRV_STATE_FILE_UNSPEC;
+#if defined(USE_QUIC)
+	quic_transport_params_init(&defproxy.defsrv.quic_params, 0);
+#endif
+
 }
 
 /* Allocate and initialize the frontend of a "peers" section found in