diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e12a25f0..be0750be 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ### Development versions after the 0.10.2 release
 
+#### Build 2009070
+
+-   New Segments are now initialized with default speed and intensity
+
 #### Build 2009030
 
 -   Fixed bootloop if mDNS is used on builds without OTA support
diff --git a/wled00/FX.h b/wled00/FX.h
index 05802b8f..86238c2e 100644
--- a/wled00/FX.h
+++ b/wled00/FX.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #define DEFAULT_BRIGHTNESS (uint8_t)127
 #define DEFAULT_MODE       (uint8_t)0
 #define DEFAULT_SPEED      (uint8_t)128
+#define DEFAULT_INTENSITY  (uint8_t)128
 #define DEFAULT_COLOR      (uint32_t)0xFFAA00
 
 #define MIN(a,b) ((a)<(b)?(a):(b))
diff --git a/wled00/FX_fcn.cpp b/wled00/FX_fcn.cpp
index d979dfcf..20bed951 100644
--- a/wled00/FX_fcn.cpp
+++ b/wled00/FX_fcn.cpp
@@ -529,6 +529,7 @@ void WS2812FX::resetSegments() {
   _segments[0].colors[0] = DEFAULT_COLOR;
   _segments[0].start = 0;
   _segments[0].speed = DEFAULT_SPEED;
+  _segments[0].intensity = DEFAULT_INTENSITY;
   _segments[0].stop = _length;
   _segments[0].grouping = 1;
   _segments[0].setOption(SEG_OPTION_SELECTED, 1);
@@ -541,6 +542,8 @@ void WS2812FX::resetSegments() {
     _segments[i].grouping = 1;
     _segments[i].setOption(SEG_OPTION_ON, 1);
     _segments[i].opacity = 255;
+    _segments[i].speed = DEFAULT_SPEED;
+    _segments[i].intensity = DEFAULT_INTENSITY;
     _segment_runtimes[i].reset();
   }
   _segment_runtimes[0].reset();
diff --git a/wled00/wled.h b/wled00/wled.h
index f1245f49..bdbc9b86 100644
--- a/wled00/wled.h
+++ b/wled00/wled.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 // version code in format yymmddb (b = daily build)
-#define VERSION 2009030
+#define VERSION 2009070
 
 // ESP8266-01 (blue) got too little storage space to work with all features of WLED. To use it, you must use ESP8266 Arduino Core v2.4.2 and the setting 512K(No SPIFFS).