diff --git a/src/plugins/drawreport/AncestorTree.py b/src/plugins/drawreport/AncestorTree.py
index 5b48b45f7..946b8efa7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/drawreport/AncestorTree.py
+++ b/src/plugins/drawreport/AncestorTree.py
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ class AncestorTree2Options(MenuReportOptions):
         menu.add_option(category_name, "scale_report", self.scale)
         self.scale.connect('value-changed', self.__check_blank)
 
-        self.__onepage = BooleanOption(_('One page report'), True)
+        self.__onepage = BooleanOption(_('One page report'), False)
         self.__onepage.set_help(_("Whether to scale the size of the page to "
                                   "the size of the report."))
         menu.add_option(category_name, "onepage", self.__onepage)
diff --git a/src/plugins/drawreport/DescendTree.py b/src/plugins/drawreport/DescendTree.py
index aed322df8..6146ab3e1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/drawreport/DescendTree.py
+++ b/src/plugins/drawreport/DescendTree.py
@@ -1553,7 +1553,7 @@ class Descend2TreeOptions(MenuReportOptions):
         menu.add_option(category_name, "scale_report", self.scale)
         self.scale.connect('value-changed', self.__check_blank)
 
-        self.__onepage = BooleanOption(_('One page report'), True)
+        self.__onepage = BooleanOption(_('One page report'), False)
         self.__onepage.set_help(
             _("Whether to scale the size of the page to "
               "the size of the report.")