diff --git a/virtualsensors.py b/virtualsensors.py
index 72b5808..e6996e4 100644
--- a/virtualsensors.py
+++ b/virtualsensors.py
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ class VirtualSensors():
         for sensor_name,default_value in default_values.items():
             if not self.ad_api.entity_exists(sensor_name):
                 self.logger_interface.log_info(f"Creating sensor {sensor_name} = {default_value}")
-                self.ad_api.set_state(sensor_name, state = str(default_value))
+                self.ad_api.set_state(sensor_name, state = str(default_value),check_existence=False)
 
         averagers = parser.parse_args('averagers',{})
         for averager in averagers: