diff --git a/src/configmanager.cpp b/src/configmanager.cpp
index 5b235f70..c629d617 100644
--- a/src/configmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/configmanager.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ void defaultConfig() {
   cfg.adrmode = 1;                // 0=disabled, 1=enabled
   cfg.screensaver = 0;            // 0=disabled, 1=enabled
   cfg.screenon = 1;               // 0=disabled, 1=enabled
-  cfg.countermode = 0;            // 0=cyclic, 1=cumulative, 2=cyclic confirmed
+  cfg.countermode = COUNTERMODE;  // 0=cyclic, 1=cumulative, 2=cyclic confirmed
   cfg.rssilimit = 0;              // threshold for rssilimiter, negative value!
   cfg.sendcycle = SENDCYCLE;      // payload send cycle [seconds/2]
   cfg.wifichancycle =
diff --git a/src/paxcounter.conf b/src/paxcounter.conf
index 40852f59..38feccc3 100644
--- a/src/paxcounter.conf
+++ b/src/paxcounter.conf
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 // Payload send cycle and encoding
 #define SENDCYCLE                       30      // payload send cycle [seconds/2], 0 .. 255
 #define PAYLOAD_ENCODER                 2       // payload encoder: 1=Plain, 2=Packed, 3=Cayenne LPP dynamic, 4=Cayenne LPP packed
+#define COUNTERMODE                     0       // 0=cyclic, 1=cumulative, 2=cyclic confirmed
 
 // Set this to include BLE counting and vendor filter functions, or to switch off WIFI counting
 #define VENDORFILTER                    1       // set to 0 if you want to count things, not people