diff --git a/src/overlay_params.cpp b/src/overlay_params.cpp
index ac0d934f..ef423019 100644
--- a/src/overlay_params.cpp
+++ b/src/overlay_params.cpp
@@ -753,10 +753,12 @@ parse_overlay_config(struct overlay_params *params,
       // Get config options
       parseConfigFile(*params);
 
-      if (!use_existing_preset && params->options.find("preset") != params->options.end()) {
-        auto presets = parse_preset(params->options.find("preset")->second.c_str());
-        if (!presets.empty())
-          params->preset = presets;
+      if (!use_existing_preset) {
+         if (params->options.find("preset") != params->options.end()) {
+            auto presets = parse_preset(params->options.find("preset")->second.c_str());
+            if (!presets.empty())
+               params->preset = presets;
+         }
         current_preset = params->preset[0];
       }