diff --git a/src/blackmisc/simulation/xplane/aircraftmodelloaderxplane.cpp b/src/blackmisc/simulation/xplane/aircraftmodelloaderxplane.cpp
index c8c898738..da180e0b5 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/simulation/xplane/aircraftmodelloaderxplane.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/simulation/xplane/aircraftmodelloaderxplane.cpp
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ namespace BlackMisc
                     model.setUtcTimestamp(lastModifiedTs);
                     model.setFileTimestamp(lastModifiedTs);
                     model.setModelString(modelString);
+                    model.setModelMode(CAircraftModel::Exclude);
 
                     QFile file(aircraftIt.filePath());
                     file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text);