diff --git a/gui/dialogs/rendering.xml b/gui/dialogs/rendering.xml
index 5a1040e7b..adf4cc487 100644
--- a/gui/dialogs/rendering.xml
+++ b/gui/dialogs/rendering.xml
@@ -600,6 +600,7 @@
 	<nasal>
 		<open>
 			gui.enable_widgets(cmdarg(), "shadows-debug", getprop("/sim/gui/devel-widgets"));
+			props.globals.getNode("/sim/rendering/shaders/quality-level", 1).setAttribute("userarchive", 0);
 		</open>
 	</nasal>
 </PropertyList>