diff --git a/src/gui/gui.h b/src/gui/gui.h
index 9bf68e529..9e5585475 100644
--- a/src/gui/gui.h
+++ b/src/gui/gui.h
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ class FurnaceGUI {
       insFocusesPattern(1),
       stepOnInsert(0),
       unifiedDataView(0),
-      sysFileDialog(0),
+      sysFileDialog(1),
       maxUndoSteps(100),
       mainFontPath(""),
       patFontPath(""),
diff --git a/src/gui/settings.cpp b/src/gui/settings.cpp
index be0e979a8..98724bc59 100644
--- a/src/gui/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/settings.cpp
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ void FurnaceGUI::syncSettings() {
   settings.insFocusesPattern=e->getConfInt("insFocusesPattern",1);
   settings.stepOnInsert=e->getConfInt("stepOnInsert",0);
   settings.unifiedDataView=e->getConfInt("unifiedDataView",0);
-  settings.sysFileDialog=e->getConfInt("sysFileDialog",0);
+  settings.sysFileDialog=e->getConfInt("sysFileDialog",1);
 
   clampSetting(settings.mainFontSize,2,96);
   clampSetting(settings.patFontSize,2,96);