diff --git a/src/playlist/playlist.cpp b/src/playlist/playlist.cpp
index 6140fa938..7a787dbba 100644
--- a/src/playlist/playlist.cpp
+++ b/src/playlist/playlist.cpp
@@ -1637,7 +1637,7 @@ void Playlist::ItemsLoaded() {
 
   Settings s;
   s.beginGroup(PlaylistSettings::kSettingsGroup);
-  bool greyout = s.value(PlaylistSettings::kGreyoutSongsStartup, true).toBool();
+  bool greyout = s.value(PlaylistSettings::kGreyoutSongsStartup, false).toBool();
   s.endGroup();
 
   // Should we gray out deleted songs asynchronously on startup?
diff --git a/src/settings/playlistsettingspage.cpp b/src/settings/playlistsettingspage.cpp
index 479165fa6..30d8da1ff 100644
--- a/src/settings/playlistsettingspage.cpp
+++ b/src/settings/playlistsettingspage.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ void PlaylistSettingsPage::Load() {
 
   ui_->checkbox_warncloseplaylist->setChecked(s.value(kWarnClosePlaylist, true).toBool());
   ui_->checkbox_continueonerror->setChecked(s.value(kContinueOnError, false).toBool());
-  ui_->checkbox_greyout_songs_startup->setChecked(s.value(kGreyoutSongsStartup, true).toBool());
+  ui_->checkbox_greyout_songs_startup->setChecked(s.value(kGreyoutSongsStartup, false).toBool());
   ui_->checkbox_greyout_songs_play->setChecked(s.value(kGreyoutSongsPlay, true).toBool());
   ui_->checkbox_select_track->setChecked(s.value(kSelectTrack, false).toBool());
   ui_->checkbox_show_toolbar->setChecked(s.value(kShowToolbar, true).toBool());