diff --git a/preferences.xml b/preferences.xml
index 02a1c92c4..9f9692043 100644
--- a/preferences.xml
+++ b/preferences.xml
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ Started September 2000 by David Megginson, david@megginson.com
 				<urban type="float" userarchive="y">1.0</urban>
 				<water type="float" userarchive="y">1.0</water>
 				<lights type="float" userarchive="y">1.0</lights>
-				<quality-level-internal type="float" userarchive="y">3.0</quality-level-internal>
+				<quality-level-internal type="float" userarchive="y">1.0</quality-level-internal>
 			</shaders>
 			<mie type="float" userarchive="y">0.003</mie>
 			<rayleigh type="float" userarchive="y">0.0003</rayleigh>