diff --git a/gramps/gen/config.py b/gramps/gen/config.py
index 5785f75c6..f0ef55d25 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/config.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/config.py
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ register('preferences.private-record-text', "[%s]" % _("Private Record"))
 register('preferences.private-surname-text', "[%s]" % _("Living"))
 register('preferences.rprefix', 'R%04d')
 register('preferences.sprefix', 'S%04d')
-register('preferences.use-last-view', True)
+register('preferences.use-last-view', False)
 register('preferences.last-view', '')
 register('preferences.last-views', [])
 register('preferences.use-bsddb3', False)