From caa7f6486569130c64fdf88e6a6cefc20b4a03a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dante Ruiz <danteruiz102@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 10:58:04 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fixing show overlays menu item

---
 interface/src/Application.cpp | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index d4dc214fde..e507af26f7 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -4798,12 +4798,15 @@ void Application::loadSettings() {
     // DONT CHECK IN
     //DependencyManager::get<LODManager>()->setAutomaticLODAdjust(false);
 
-    Menu::getInstance()->loadSettings();
+    auto menu = Menu::getInstance();
+    menu->loadSettings();
+
+    // override the menu option show overlays to always be true on startup
+    menu->setIsOptionChecked(MenuOption::Overlays, true);
 
     // If there is a preferred plugin, we probably messed it up with the menu settings, so fix it.
     auto pluginManager = PluginManager::getInstance();
     auto plugins = pluginManager->getPreferredDisplayPlugins();
-    auto menu = Menu::getInstance();
     if (plugins.size() > 0) {
         for (auto plugin : plugins) {
             if (auto action = menu->getActionForOption(plugin->getName())) {