diff --git a/src/controller/cluster.c b/src/controller/cluster.c
index 7c89dca5..fb0891ce 100644
--- a/src/controller/cluster.c
+++ b/src/controller/cluster.c
@@ -747,6 +747,7 @@ int cluster_init_phase1(cluster_t* c)
         .max_promotion_retries     = HA_DEFAULT_MAX_PROMOTION_RETRIES,
         .election_jitter_max_ms    = HA_DEFAULT_ELECTION_JITTER_MAX_MS,
         .election_priority_step_ms = HA_DEFAULT_ELECTION_PRIORITY_STEP_MS,
+        .committing_timeout_ms     = HA_DEFAULT_COMMITTING_TIMEOUT_MS,
     };
 
     int my_priority = 0;