diff --git a/src/common/src/tglobal.c b/src/common/src/tglobal.c
index 50d3fcd1a914bcb6af2629334a3f94daf7d26101..6d473aeec2a14d3dad16f2e7cec80fc7d490c467 100644
--- a/src/common/src/tglobal.c
+++ b/src/common/src/tglobal.c
@@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@ static void doInitGlobalConfig(void) {
   cfg.option = "httpDbNameMandatory";
   cfg.ptr = &tsHttpDbNameMandatory;
   cfg.valType = TAOS_CFG_VTYPE_INT8;
-  cfg.cfgType = TSDB_CFG_CTYPE_B_CONFIG;
+  cfg.cfgType = TSDB_CFG_CTYPE_B_CONFIG | TSDB_CFG_CTYPE_B_SHOW;
   cfg.minValue = 0;
   cfg.maxValue = 1;
   cfg.ptrLength = 0;