diff --git a/src/common/jsonconfig.c b/src/common/jsonconfig.c
index 690254202..08fbb999b 100644
--- a/src/common/jsonconfig.c
+++ b/src/common/jsonconfig.c
@@ -302,8 +302,8 @@ const char* ffParseGeneralJsonConfig(void)
             config->multithreading = yyjson_get_bool(val);
         else if (ffStrEqualsIgnCase(key, "stat"))
         {
-            config->stat = yyjson_get_bool(val);
-            config->showErrors= config->stat;
+            if ((config->stat = yyjson_get_bool(val)))
+                config->showErrors = true;
         }
         else if (ffStrEqualsIgnCase(key, "escapeBedrock"))
             config->escapeBedrock = yyjson_get_bool(val);