diff --git a/apps/app/src/react-app/shell/settings-route.tsx b/apps/app/src/react-app/shell/settings-route.tsx
index bf2067e98..b872710ef 100644
--- a/apps/app/src/react-app/shell/settings-route.tsx
+++ b/apps/app/src/react-app/shell/settings-route.tsx
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ export function SettingsRoute() {
     readStoredBoolean(SETTINGS_UPDATE_AUTO_CHECK_KEY, true),
   );
   const [updateAutoDownload, setUpdateAutoDownload] = useState(() =>
-    readStoredBoolean(SETTINGS_UPDATE_AUTO_DOWNLOAD_KEY, false),
+    readStoredBoolean(SETTINGS_UPDATE_AUTO_DOWNLOAD_KEY, true),
   );
   const [configActionStatus, setConfigActionStatus] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [revealConfigBusy, setRevealConfigBusy] = useState(false);