diff --git a/gui/mainwindow.cpp b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
index 9bb60f293..fcbe7edcb 100644
--- a/gui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ Settings MainWindow::GetCppcheckSettings()
 
     result.addEnabled("style");
     result.debug = false;
-    result.debugwarnings = mSettings->value(SETTINGS_SHOW_DEBUG_WARNINGS, 0).toBool();
+    result.debugwarnings = mSettings->value(SETTINGS_SHOW_DEBUG_WARNINGS, false).toBool();
     result._errorsOnly = false;
     result._verbose = true;
     result._force = mSettings->value(SETTINGS_CHECK_FORCE, 1).toBool();