diff --git a/resources/definitions/fdmprinter.def.json b/resources/definitions/fdmprinter.def.json
index 91d07c13d6..900f7be743 100755
--- a/resources/definitions/fdmprinter.def.json
+++ b/resources/definitions/fdmprinter.def.json
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@
                     "label": "Optimize Wall Printing Order",
                     "description": "Optimize the order in which walls are printed so as to reduce the number of retractions and the distance travelled.",
                     "type": "bool",
-                    "default_value": false,
+                    "default_value": true,
                     "settable_per_mesh": true
                 },
                 "alternate_extra_perimeter":