diff --git a/preferences.xml b/preferences.xml
index 77a1cfcde..a424bed49 100644
--- a/preferences.xml
+++ b/preferences.xml
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ Started September 2000 by David Megginson, david@megginson.com
   </menubar>
 
   <gui>
-   <current-style type="int" userarchive="y">0</current-style>
+   <current-style type="int" userarchive="y">1</current-style>
    <style n="0" include="gui/styles/classic.xml"/>
    <style n="1" include="gui/styles/anthrax.xml"/>
    <devel-widgets type="bool" userarchive="y">false</devel-widgets>