diff --git a/volatility/addrspace.py b/volatility/addrspace.py
index 7fa9de4c..110bf176 100755
--- a/volatility/addrspace.py
+++ b/volatility/addrspace.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class BaseAddressSpace(object):
     @staticmethod
     def register_options(config):
         ## By default load the profile that the user asked for
-        config.add_option("PROFILE", default = None, type = 'str',
+        config.add_option("PROFILE", default = "WinXPSP2x86", type = 'str',
                           nargs = 1, action = "callback", callback = check_valid_profile,
                           help = "Name of the profile to load")