diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
index 46c3d5e73231319349e91d1b5cd670e024ebe47c..f886cb38e13680363dc01b558397898fe796fd7d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
       android:summary="@string/preference_show_notification_summary"
       android:title="@string/preference_show_notification_title" />
     <SwitchPreference
-      android:defaultValue="true"
+      android:defaultValue="false"
       android:key="@string/preference_ignore_network_changes_key"
       android:summary="@string/preference_ignore_network_changes_summary"
       android:title="@string/preference_ignore_network_changes_title" />