diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 328a761..37fe8a7 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ add: /toggle can now accept a value sequence (2 or more entries) to loop through
   if the cvar's current value is in the sequence and not in the last spot, the next one is used
   otherwise, the first value in the sequence is used
 
+chg: r_lodCurveError <250.0 to 10000.0> (default: 2000) is now archived and no longer cheat-protected
+
 chg: multi-monitor support improvements
   add: /monitorlist will print all detected monitors and the indices to use with r_monitor
   chg: the monitor list now gets updated during video restarts and calls to /monitorlist
diff --git a/code/renderer/tr_init.cpp b/code/renderer/tr_init.cpp
index f10e40f..065ebe5 100644
--- a/code/renderer/tr_init.cpp
+++ b/code/renderer/tr_init.cpp
@@ -573,11 +573,11 @@ static const cvarTableItem_t r_cvars[] =
 	{ &r_greyscale, "r_greyscale", "0", CVAR_ARCHIVE, CVART_FLOAT, "0", "1", "controls how monochrome the final image looks" },
 	{ &r_lightmap, "r_lightmap", "0", CVAR_ARCHIVE, CVART_BOOL, NULL, NULL, help_r_lightmap },
 	{ &r_fullbright, "r_fullbright", "0", CVAR_ARCHIVE, CVART_BOOL, NULL, NULL, help_r_fullbright },
+	{ &r_lodCurveError, "r_lodCurveError", "2000", CVAR_ARCHIVE, CVART_FLOAT, "250", "10000", "curved surfaces LOD scale" },
 
 	//
 	// temporary variables that can change at any time
 	//
-	{ &r_lodCurveError, "r_lodCurveError", "250", CVAR_CHEAT },
 	{ &r_ambientScale, "r_ambientScale", "0.6", CVAR_CHEAT },
 	{ &r_directedScale, "r_directedScale", "1", CVAR_CHEAT },
 	{ &r_uiFullScreen, "r_uifullscreen", "0", CVAR_TEMP },