diff --git a/defaults.xml b/defaults.xml
index a416f6c38..3aa96f2d0 100644
--- a/defaults.xml
+++ b/defaults.xml
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ Started September 2000 by David Megginson, david@megginson.com
       <lightning-enable type="bool" userarchive="y">false</lightning-enable>
       <specular-highlight type="bool" userarchive="y">false</specular-highlight>
       <bump-mapping type="bool" userarchive="y">false</bump-mapping>
-      <clouds3d-enable type="bool" userarchive="y">false</clouds3d-enable>
+      <clouds3d-enable type="bool" userarchive="y">true</clouds3d-enable>
       <clouds3d-vis-range type="float" userarchive="y">10000.0</clouds3d-vis-range>
       <clouds3d-detail-range type="float" userarchive="y">10000.0</clouds3d-detail-range>
       <clouds3d-density type="float" userarchive="y">0.25</clouds3d-density>