diff --git a/stream/network.c b/stream/network.c
index d48444faa6..3c0e710c83 100644
--- a/stream/network.c
+++ b/stream/network.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ char *network_username=NULL;
 char *network_password=NULL;
 int   network_bandwidth=0;
 int   network_cookies_enabled = 0;
-char *network_useragent=NULL;
+char *network_useragent="Mozilla/5.0";
 char *network_referrer=NULL;
 char **network_http_header_fields=NULL;