diff --git a/cmd/crowdsec/serve.go b/cmd/crowdsec/serve.go
index 28fc811d5..3bf53ee54 100644
--- a/cmd/crowdsec/serve.go
+++ b/cmd/crowdsec/serve.go
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ func Serve(cConfig *csconfig.Config, agentReady chan bool) error {
 	}
 
 	// XXX: just pass the CTICfg
-	if cConfig.API.CTI != nil && *cConfig.API.CTI.Enabled {
+	if cConfig.API.CTI != nil && cConfig.API.CTI.Enabled != nil && *cConfig.API.CTI.Enabled {
 		log.Infof("Crowdsec CTI helper enabled")
 
 		if err := exprhelpers.InitCrowdsecCTI(cConfig.API.CTI.Key, cConfig.API.CTI.CacheTimeout, cConfig.API.CTI.CacheSize, cConfig.API.CTI.LogLevel); err != nil {