diff --git a/aerc/aerc.conf b/aerc/aerc.conf
index 5044d44..be9a323 100644
--- a/aerc/aerc.conf
+++ b/aerc/aerc.conf
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ alternatives=text/plain,text/html
 show-headers=false
 
 [compose]
+header-layout=To|From,Cc|Bcc,Subject
 editor=nvim
 address-book-cmd=khard email --parsable --remove-first-line %s