diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index a897176fe..34cb00215 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
     updater: {
       checkbox: {
         'Verbose': [true, 'Show countdown timer, new post count'],
-        'Auto Update': [false, 'Automatically fetch new posts']
+        'Auto Update': [true, 'Automatically fetch new posts']
       },
       'Interval': 30
     }
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index 4a6994660..9d75511ef 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ config =
     update:          'u'
   updater:
     checkbox:
-      'Verbose':     [true,  'Show countdown timer, new post count']
-      'Auto Update': [false, 'Automatically fetch new posts']
+      'Verbose':     [true, 'Show countdown timer, new post count']
+      'Auto Update': [true, 'Automatically fetch new posts']
     'Interval': 30
 
 # flatten the config