diff --git a/src/main/res/values/defaults.xml b/src/main/res/values/defaults.xml
index b1f251a64d..9286cfc2a5 100644
--- a/src/main/res/values/defaults.xml
+++ b/src/main/res/values/defaults.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <bool name="show_individual_search_options">true</bool>
     <bool name="show_combined_search_options">false</bool>
     <bool name="scroll_to_bottom">true</bool>
-    <string name="omemo_setting_default">default_off</string>
+    <string name="omemo_setting_default">default_on</string>
     <bool name="use_share_location_plugin">false</bool>
     <bool name="start_searching">true</bool>
     <string name="video_compression">360</string>