diff --git a/libs/backends/coreaudio/coreaudio_backend.cc b/libs/backends/coreaudio/coreaudio_backend.cc
index e90382f68d..9138294854 100644
--- a/libs/backends/coreaudio/coreaudio_backend.cc
+++ b/libs/backends/coreaudio/coreaudio_backend.cc
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ CoreAudioBackend::CoreAudioBackend (AudioEngine& e, AudioBackendInfo& info)
 	, _last_process_start (0)
 	, _input_audio_device("")
 	, _output_audio_device("")
-	, _midi_driver_option(get_standard_device_name(DeviceNone))
+	, _midi_driver_option(_("CoreMidi"))
 	, _samplerate (48000)
 	, _samples_per_period (1024)
 	, _n_inputs (0)