diff --git a/src/components/Player.vue b/src/components/Player.vue
index 2e63f16..c9e6f16 100644
--- a/src/components/Player.vue
+++ b/src/components/Player.vue
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export default {
       streams.push(...this.video.videoStreams)
 
       const MseSupport = window.MediaSource !== undefined
-      const lbry = this.$store.getters['prefs/getPreferenceBoolean']('disableLBRY', false)
+      const lbry = this.$store.getters['prefs/getPreferenceBoolean']('disableLBRY', true)
         ? null
         : this.video.videoStreams.filter(stream => stream.quality === 'LBRY')[0]
       let uri, mime
diff --git a/src/routes/Preferences.vue b/src/routes/Preferences.vue
index 73aaadb..8a20029 100644
--- a/src/routes/Preferences.vue
+++ b/src/routes/Preferences.vue
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export default {
         {
           id: 'disableLBRY',
           type: 'bool',
-          default: false
+          default: true
         },
         {
           id: 'proxyLBRY',
diff --git a/src/store/prefs-store.js b/src/store/prefs-store.js
index d6b0153..8c943ed 100644
--- a/src/store/prefs-store.js
+++ b/src/store/prefs-store.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const PrefsStore = {
       playerAutoplay: true,
       autoplay: false,
       listen: false,
-      disableLBRY: false,
+      disableLBRY: true,
       proxyLBRY: true,
       sponsorblock: true,
       skipToLastPoint: true