diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/Settings.cs b/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/Settings.cs
index 2539baddd5..a03fb2de36 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/Settings.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/Settings.cs
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.GameRules
 		public int2 FullscreenSize = new int2(0,0);
 		public int2 WindowedSize = new int2(1024, 768);
 		public bool PixelDouble = false;
-		public bool CapFramerate = false;
+		public bool CapFramerate = true;
 		public int MaxFramerate = 60;
 
 		public int BatchSize = 8192;