diff --git a/src/common/src/tglobal.c b/src/common/src/tglobal.c
index 83026a3774ab77aa4b5d4998225a4dcc5d10c121..b4bc38d53e517da33a7e71fe6b6b189c3d64d613 100644
--- a/src/common/src/tglobal.c
+++ b/src/common/src/tglobal.c
@@ -1332,7 +1332,7 @@ 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;