diff --git a/src/gui/gui.h b/src/gui/gui.h
index 39fac0132..51abb74ae 100644
--- a/src/gui/gui.h
+++ b/src/gui/gui.h
@@ -1911,7 +1911,7 @@ class FurnaceGUI {
       chanOscThreads(0),
       renderPoolThreads(0),
       showPool(0),
-      writeInsNames(1),
+      writeInsNames(0),
       readInsNames(1),
       fontBackend(1),
       fontHinting(0),
diff --git a/src/gui/settings.cpp b/src/gui/settings.cpp
index 708fe67b2..8c503d72b 100644
--- a/src/gui/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/settings.cpp
@@ -3750,7 +3750,7 @@ void FurnaceGUI::readConfig(DivConfig& conf, FurnaceGUISettingGroups groups) {
     settings.chanOscThreads=conf.getInt("chanOscThreads",0);
     settings.renderPoolThreads=conf.getInt("renderPoolThreads",0);
     settings.showPool=conf.getInt("showPool",0);
-    settings.writeInsNames=conf.getInt("writeInsNames",1);
+    settings.writeInsNames=conf.getInt("writeInsNames",0);
     settings.readInsNames=conf.getInt("readInsNames",1);
     settings.defaultAuthorName=conf.getString("defaultAuthorName","");