diff --git a/gajim/data/gui/profile.ui b/gajim/data/gui/profile.ui
index fd640265a4daf1b60938c269d566a23247e0b7c8..63a3d02db295b94ac3e22ed1d3b6ea20cf87e412 100644
--- a/gajim/data/gui/profile.ui
+++ b/gajim/data/gui/profile.ui
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
             <property name="visible">True</property>
             <property name="can_focus">True</property>
             <property name="halign">start</property>
-            <property name="active">True</property>
+            <property name="active">False</property>
             <signal name="notify::active" handler="_access_switch_toggled" swapped="no"/>
           </object>
           <packing>
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
             <property name="visible">True</property>
             <property name="can_focus">True</property>
             <property name="halign">start</property>
-            <property name="active">True</property>
+            <property name="active">False</property>
             <signal name="notify::active" handler="_access_switch_toggled" swapped="no"/>
           </object>
           <packing>