diff --git a/src/gui/gui.h b/src/gui/gui.h
index df05794cc..db543532c 100644
--- a/src/gui/gui.h
+++ b/src/gui/gui.h
@@ -1481,7 +1481,7 @@ class FurnaceGUI {
       doubleClickColumn(1),
       blankIns(0),
       dragMovesSelection(1),
-      cursorFollowsOrder(0),
+      cursorFollowsOrder(1),
       unsignedDetune(0),
       noThreadedInput(0),
       clampSamples(0),
diff --git a/src/gui/settings.cpp b/src/gui/settings.cpp
index 9c6981d89..0903f1913 100644
--- a/src/gui/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/settings.cpp
@@ -2617,7 +2617,7 @@ void FurnaceGUI::syncSettings() {
   settings.oneDigitEffects=e->getConfInt("oneDigitEffects",0);
   settings.disableFadeIn=e->getConfInt("disableFadeIn",0);
   settings.alwaysPlayIntro=e->getConfInt("alwaysPlayIntro",0);
-  settings.cursorFollowsOrder=e->getConfInt("cursorFollowsOrder",0);
+  settings.cursorFollowsOrder=e->getConfInt("cursorFollowsOrder",1);
 
   clampSetting(settings.mainFontSize,2,96);
   clampSetting(settings.patFontSize,2,96);