diff --git a/src/overlay_params.cpp b/src/overlay_params.cpp
index f7d93d6..aa3996f 100644
--- a/src/overlay_params.cpp
+++ b/src/overlay_params.cpp
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ parse_overlay_config(struct overlay_params *params,
    params->enabled[OVERLAY_PARAM_ENABLED_gpu_stats] = true;
    params->enabled[OVERLAY_PARAM_ENABLED_ram] = false;
    params->enabled[OVERLAY_PARAM_ENABLED_vram] = false;
-   params->enabled[OVERLAY_PARAM_ENABLED_read_configs] = false;
+   params->enabled[OVERLAY_PARAM_ENABLED_read_cfg] = false;
    params->fps_sampling_period = 500000; /* 500ms */
    params->width = 280;
    params->height = 140;
@@ -276,8 +276,8 @@ parse_overlay_config(struct overlay_params *params,
    if (env)
       parse_overlay_env(params, env);
 
-   bool rc = params->enabled[OVERLAY_PARAM_ENABLED_read_configs];
-   if (!env || rc) {
+   bool read_cfg = params->enabled[OVERLAY_PARAM_ENABLED_read_cfg];
+   if (!env || read_cfg) {
 
       // Get config options
       parseConfigFile();
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ parse_overlay_config(struct overlay_params *params,
    }
 
    // second pass, override config file settings with MANGOHUD_CONFIG
-   if (env && rc)
+   if (env && read_cfg)
       parse_overlay_env(params, env);
 
    // if font_size is used and height has not been changed from default
diff --git a/src/overlay_params.h b/src/overlay_params.h
index c2e8529..c526239 100644
--- a/src/overlay_params.h
+++ b/src/overlay_params.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ extern "C" {
    OVERLAY_PARAM_BOOL(crosshair)                     \
    OVERLAY_PARAM_BOOL(time)                          \
    OVERLAY_PARAM_BOOL(full)                          \
-   OVERLAY_PARAM_BOOL(read_configs)                  \
+   OVERLAY_PARAM_BOOL(read_cfg)                      \
    OVERLAY_PARAM_CUSTOM(fps_sampling_period)         \
    OVERLAY_PARAM_CUSTOM(output_file)                 \
    OVERLAY_PARAM_CUSTOM(position)                    \