diff --git a/mobile/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml b/mobile/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
index 10f954daa..5a82b8fa4 100644
--- a/mobile/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
+++ b/mobile/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
                     android:summary="@string/pref_fake_user_agent_sum"
                     android:title="@string/pref_fake_user_agent"/>
                 <CheckBoxPreference
-                    android:defaultValue="false"
+                    android:defaultValue="true"
                     android:key="pref_popup"
                     android:summary="@string/pref_popup_sum"
                     android:title="@string/pref_popup"/>