diff --git a/gui/main.js b/gui/main.js
index 55cbd9da..61783ab4 100644
--- a/gui/main.js
+++ b/gui/main.js
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ const configDefaultSettings =
                   "tuning_range_fmax" : "50.0",\
                   "respond_to_cq" : "True",\
                   "rx_buffer_size" : "16", \
-                  "enable_explorer" : "True", \
+                  "enable_explorer" : "False", \
                   "wftheme": 2, \
                   "high_graphics" : "True",\
                   "explorer_stats" : "False", \