diff --git a/app/databrowser/src/main/resources/databrowser_preferences.properties b/app/databrowser/src/main/resources/databrowser_preferences.properties
index 1bc8764b59..3a69e53ae7 100644
--- a/app/databrowser/src/main/resources/databrowser_preferences.properties
+++ b/app/databrowser/src/main/resources/databrowser_preferences.properties
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ archives=jdbc:mysql://localhost/archive|RDB*xnds://localhost/archive/cgi/Archive
 # When opening existing data browser plot,
 # use archive data sources specified in the configuration file (original default)
 # or ignore saved data sources and instead use the preference settings?
-use_default_archives=false
+use_default_archives=true
 
 # If there is an error in retrieving archived data,
 # should that archive data source be dropped from the channel?