diff --git a/cfg-mplayer.h b/cfg-mplayer.h
index 045a070131..243fdaa8ad 100644
--- a/cfg-mplayer.h
+++ b/cfg-mplayer.h
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ m_option_t mplayer_opts[]={
             CONF_TYPE_PRINT, CONF_NOCFG, 0, 0, NULL},
 	{"vo", &video_driver_list, CONF_TYPE_STRING_LIST, 0, 0, 0, NULL},
 	{"ao", &audio_driver_list, CONF_TYPE_STRING_LIST, 0, 0, 0, NULL},
-	{"fixed-vo", &fixed_vo, CONF_TYPE_FLAG, 0, 0, 1, NULL},
-	{"nofixed-vo", &fixed_vo, CONF_TYPE_FLAG, 0, 0, 0, NULL},
+	{"fixed-vo", &fixed_vo, CONF_TYPE_FLAG,CONF_GLOBAL , 0, 1, NULL},
+	{"nofixed-vo", &fixed_vo, CONF_TYPE_FLAG,CONF_GLOBAL, 0, 0, NULL},
 
 	{"aop", ao_plugin_conf, CONF_TYPE_SUBCONFIG, 0, 0, 0, NULL},
 	{"dsp", "Use -ao oss:dsp_path!\n", CONF_TYPE_PRINT, CONF_NOCFG, 0, 0, NULL},