diff --git a/Common/DefaultOptions.h b/Common/DefaultOptions.h
index b90f60319baf914a9ec2c7a269d6b74976045316..42b3efc1ec89cd42144e096d6cb763a67d774d26 100644
--- a/Common/DefaultOptions.h
+++ b/Common/DefaultOptions.h
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ StringXNumber ViewOptions_Number[] = {
     "Draw the N-b dimensional boundary of the simplex (N=dimension, b=option value" },
   { F|O, "Light" , opt_view_light , 0. ,
     "Enable light sources?" },
-  { F|O, "SmoothNormals" , opt_view_smooth_normals , 1. ,
+  { F|O, "SmoothNormals" , opt_view_smooth_normals , 0. ,
     "Smooth the normals?" },
   { F|O, "ShowElement" , opt_view_show_element , 0. ,
     "Show element boundaries?" },