diff --git a/panda/src/pgui/config_pgui.cxx b/panda/src/pgui/config_pgui.cxx
index 4c909c775e..3b70db4433 100644
--- a/panda/src/pgui/config_pgui.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/pgui/config_pgui.cxx
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const bool pgui_quick = config_pgui.GetBool("pgui-quick", true);
 
 // Temporary variable to support old-style button press/release for
 // pgentries, before keystrokes were implemented.
-const bool use_keystrokes = config_pgui.GetBool("use-keystrokes", false);
+const bool use_keystrokes = config_pgui.GetBool("use-keystrokes", true);
 
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////