diff --git a/src/lib/parse_conf.c b/src/lib/parse_conf.c
index 4b054189051..143509fcfd8 100644
--- a/src/lib/parse_conf.c
+++ b/src/lib/parse_conf.c
@@ -196,6 +196,19 @@ static inline void init_resource(CONFIG *config, int type, RES_ITEM *items, int
          Dmsg3(900, "Item=%s def=%s defval=%s\n", items[i].name,
                (items[i].flags & ITEM_DEFAULT) ? "yes" : "no",
                (items[i].default_value) ? items[i].default_value : "None");
+
+         /*
+          * Sanity check.
+          *
+          * Items with a default value but without the ITEM_DEFAULT flag set
+          * are most of the time an indication of a programmers error.
+          */
+         if (items[i].default_value != NULL && !(items[i].flags & ITEM_DEFAULT)) {
+            Pmsg1(000, _("Found config item %s which has default value but no ITEM_DEFAULT flag set\n"),
+                  items[i].name);
+            items[i].flags |= ITEM_DEFAULT;
+         }
+
          if (items[i].flags & ITEM_DEFAULT && items[i].default_value != NULL) {
             /*
              * First try to handle the generic types.
diff --git a/src/stored/stored_conf.c b/src/stored/stored_conf.c
index 59faa6fda12..2db789cbdfa 100644
--- a/src/stored/stored_conf.c
+++ b/src/stored/stored_conf.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static RES_ITEM dev_items[] = {
    { "forwardspacefile", store_bit, ITEM(res_dev.cap_bits), CAP_FSF, ITEM_DEFAULT, "on" },
    { "fastforwardspacefile", store_bit, ITEM(res_dev.cap_bits), CAP_FASTFSF, ITEM_DEFAULT, "on" },
    { "removablemedia", store_bit, ITEM(res_dev.cap_bits), CAP_REM, ITEM_DEFAULT, "on" },
-   { "randomaccess", store_bit, ITEM(res_dev.cap_bits), CAP_RACCESS, 0, "off" },
+   { "randomaccess", store_bit, ITEM(res_dev.cap_bits), CAP_RACCESS, ITEM_DEFAULT, "off" },
    { "automaticmount", store_bit, ITEM(res_dev.cap_bits), CAP_AUTOMOUNT, ITEM_DEFAULT, "off" },
    { "labelmedia", store_bit, ITEM(res_dev.cap_bits), CAP_LABEL, ITEM_DEFAULT, "off" },
    { "alwaysopen", store_bit, ITEM(res_dev.cap_bits), CAP_ALWAYSOPEN, ITEM_DEFAULT, "on" },