diff --git a/libs/ardour/triggerbox.cc b/libs/ardour/triggerbox.cc
index d82f4a1d38..3c57771911 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/triggerbox.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/triggerbox.cc
@@ -1547,6 +1547,7 @@ TriggerBox::TriggerBox (Session& s, DataType dt)
 	, _pass_thru (false)
 	, requests (1024)
 {
+	_display_to_user = false;
 
 	/* default number of possible triggers. call ::add_trigger() to increase */