diff --git a/services/src/main/java/org/jd/gui/service/preferencespanel/ClassFileDecompilerPreferencesProvider.java b/services/src/main/java/org/jd/gui/service/preferencespanel/ClassFileDecompilerPreferencesProvider.java
index 9a4cdf1..e84a828 100644
--- a/services/src/main/java/org/jd/gui/service/preferencespanel/ClassFileDecompilerPreferencesProvider.java
+++ b/services/src/main/java/org/jd/gui/service/preferencespanel/ClassFileDecompilerPreferencesProvider.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class ClassFileDecompilerPreferencesProvider extends JPanel implements Pr
     @Override
     public void loadPreferences(Map<String, String> preferences) {
         escapeUnicodeCharactersCheckBox.setSelected("true".equals(preferences.get(ESCAPE_UNICODE_CHARACTERS)));
-        realignLineNumbersCheckBox.setSelected(!"false".equals(preferences.get(REALIGN_LINE_NUMBERS)));
+        realignLineNumbersCheckBox.setSelected("true".equals(preferences.get(REALIGN_LINE_NUMBERS)));
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/services/src/main/java/org/jd/gui/view/component/ClassFilePage.java b/services/src/main/java/org/jd/gui/view/component/ClassFilePage.java
index bdd93be..f12dafe 100644
--- a/services/src/main/java/org/jd/gui/view/component/ClassFilePage.java
+++ b/services/src/main/java/org/jd/gui/view/component/ClassFilePage.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class ClassFilePage extends TypePage {
             strings.clear();
 
             // Init preferences
-            boolean realignmentLineNumbers = getPreferenceValue(preferences, REALIGN_LINE_NUMBERS, true);
+            boolean realignmentLineNumbers = getPreferenceValue(preferences, REALIGN_LINE_NUMBERS, false);
             boolean unicodeEscape = getPreferenceValue(preferences, ESCAPE_UNICODE_CHARACTERS, false);
 
             Map<String, Object> configuration = new HashMap<>();
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public class ClassFilePage extends TypePage {
         try {
             // Init preferences
             Map<String, String> preferences = api.getPreferences();
-            boolean realignmentLineNumbers = getPreferenceValue(preferences, REALIGN_LINE_NUMBERS, true);
+            boolean realignmentLineNumbers = getPreferenceValue(preferences, REALIGN_LINE_NUMBERS, false);
             boolean unicodeEscape = getPreferenceValue(preferences, ESCAPE_UNICODE_CHARACTERS, false);
             boolean showLineNumbers = getPreferenceValue(preferences, WRITE_LINE_NUMBERS, true);