diff --git a/Userland/Applications/BrowserSettings/ContentFilterSettingsWidget.cpp b/Userland/Applications/BrowserSettings/ContentFilterSettingsWidget.cpp
index 4fa8e7e677..7770fc083e 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/BrowserSettings/ContentFilterSettingsWidget.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/BrowserSettings/ContentFilterSettingsWidget.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ ContentFilterSettingsWidget::ContentFilterSettingsWidget()
     m_domain_list_view = find_descendant_of_type_named<GUI::ListView>("domain_list_view");
     m_add_new_domain_button = find_descendant_of_type_named<GUI::Button>("add_new_domain_button");
 
-    m_enable_content_filtering_checkbox->set_checked(Config::read_bool("Browser", "Preferences", "EnableContentFilters"), GUI::AllowCallback::No);
+    m_enable_content_filtering_checkbox->set_checked(Config::read_bool("Browser", "Preferences", "EnableContentFilters", s_default_enable_content_filtering), GUI::AllowCallback::No);
     m_enable_content_filtering_checkbox->on_checked = [&](auto) { set_modified(true); };
 
     m_add_new_domain_button->on_click = [&](unsigned) {