diff --git a/src/WiFiConfig.cpp b/src/WiFiConfig.cpp
index 5e51db7..73de73e 100644
--- a/src/WiFiConfig.cpp
+++ b/src/WiFiConfig.cpp
@@ -940,6 +940,7 @@ void WiFiConfig::initConfig(int configBase, const String& ssid, const String& pa
     EES_storeString(configBase + offsetof(wificonfigarea_t, pass), elementSize(wificonfigarea_t, pass), (String &)pass);
     EEPROM.write(configBase + offsetof(wificonfigarea_t, mode), mode);
     EEPROM.write(configBase + offsetof(wificonfigarea_t, ip), ipcfg);
+    EEPROM.write(configBase + offsetof(wificonfigarea_t, apchannel), 3);
     if (IPCONFIG_STATIC == ipcfg) {
         setEEPROMuint32(configBase + offsetof(wificonfigarea_t, ipaddr), (uint32_t) ip);
         setEEPROMuint32(configBase + offsetof(wificonfigarea_t, netmask), (uint32_t) mask);