diff --git a/src/core/host_interface.cpp b/src/core/host_interface.cpp
index 93c7a5611..9349448e4 100644
--- a/src/core/host_interface.cpp
+++ b/src/core/host_interface.cpp
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ void HostInterface::SetDefaultSettings(SettingsInterface& si)
   si.SetBoolValue("GPU", "TrueColor", false);
   si.SetBoolValue("GPU", "ScaledDithering", true);
   si.SetBoolValue("GPU", "TextureFiltering", false);
-  si.SetBoolValue("GPU", "DisableInterlacing", true);
+  si.SetBoolValue("GPU", "DisableInterlacing", false);
   si.SetBoolValue("GPU", "ForceNTSCTimings", false);
 
   si.SetStringValue("Display", "CropMode", Settings::GetDisplayCropModeName(Settings::DEFAULT_DISPLAY_CROP_MODE));
diff --git a/src/core/settings.cpp b/src/core/settings.cpp
index c646d691b..03ed63600 100644
--- a/src/core/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/core/settings.cpp
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ void Settings::Load(SettingsInterface& si)
   gpu_true_color = si.GetBoolValue("GPU", "TrueColor", true);
   gpu_scaled_dithering = si.GetBoolValue("GPU", "ScaledDithering", false);
   gpu_texture_filtering = si.GetBoolValue("GPU", "TextureFiltering", false);
-  gpu_disable_interlacing = si.GetBoolValue("GPU", "DisableInterlacing", true);
+  gpu_disable_interlacing = si.GetBoolValue("GPU", "DisableInterlacing", false);
   gpu_force_ntsc_timings = si.GetBoolValue("GPU", "ForceNTSCTimings", false);
 
   display_crop_mode =