diff --git a/es-core/src/Settings.cpp b/es-core/src/Settings.cpp
index b60c4f5f8..f44c05f49 100644
--- a/es-core/src/Settings.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/Settings.cpp
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ void Settings::setDefaults()
     mBoolMap["CustomEventScripts"] = {false, false};
     mBoolMap["ParseGamelistOnly"] = {false, false};
 #if defined(__unix__)
-    mBoolMap["DisableComposition"] = {true, true};
+    mBoolMap["DisableComposition"] = {false, false};
 #endif
     mBoolMap["DisplayGPUStatistics"] = {false, false};
     mBoolMap["EnableMenuKidMode"] = {false, false};