diff --git a/src/algorithms/telemetry_decoder/libs/tlm_conf.cc b/src/algorithms/telemetry_decoder/libs/tlm_conf.cc
index cd81b8085..39fb0c168 100644
--- a/src/algorithms/telemetry_decoder/libs/tlm_conf.cc
+++ b/src/algorithms/telemetry_decoder/libs/tlm_conf.cc
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Tlm_Conf::Tlm_Conf()
 {
     dump = false;
     dump_mat = false;
+    remove_dat = false;
 }