diff --git a/src/renderer/src/pages/settings/settings-behavior.tsx b/src/renderer/src/pages/settings/settings-behavior.tsx
index b21b6025..4fcdb92d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/pages/settings/settings-behavior.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/pages/settings/settings-behavior.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export function SettingsBehavior() {
     seedAfterDownloadComplete: false,
     showHiddenAchievementsDescription: false,
     showDownloadSpeedInMegabytes: false,
-    extractFilesByDefault: false,
+    extractFilesByDefault: true,
   });
 
   const { t } = useTranslation("settings");
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export function SettingsBehavior() {
           userPreferences.showHiddenAchievementsDescription ?? false,
         showDownloadSpeedInMegabytes:
           userPreferences.showDownloadSpeedInMegabytes ?? false,
-        extractFilesByDefault: userPreferences.extractFilesByDefault ?? false,
+        extractFilesByDefault: userPreferences.extractFilesByDefault ?? true,
       });
     }
   }, [userPreferences]);