diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyDecoder.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyDecoder.cs
index 56525ddb14..f17366a1b3 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyDecoder.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyDecoder.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats
 
         protected override void ParseStreamInto(LineBufferedReader stream, T output)
         {
-            Section section = Section.None;
+            Section section = Section.General;
 
             string line;