diff --git a/Common/DefaultOptions.h b/Common/DefaultOptions.h
index 1000ded61f06b5d8aca1242275a0f37f38409797..0db6c7a85751e100dcfcc03ffe5259137c826e14 100644
--- a/Common/DefaultOptions.h
+++ b/Common/DefaultOptions.h
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ StringXNumber MeshOptions_Number[] = {
   { F|O, "Optimize" , opt_mesh_optimize , 0. , 
     "Optimize the mesh using Netgen to improve the quality of tetrahedral elements" },
 
-  { F|O, "Points" , opt_mesh_points , 1. , 
+  { F|O, "Points" , opt_mesh_points , 0. , 
     "Display mesh vertices (nodes)?" },
   { F|O, "PointsPerElement" , opt_mesh_points_per_element , 0. , 
     "Display mesh nodes per element (slower, but permits to visualize only a subset of the nodes)" },