diff --git a/src/emucore/Settings.cxx b/src/emucore/Settings.cxx
index 2a8d1e5bd..c90222b01 100644
--- a/src/emucore/Settings.cxx
+++ b/src/emucore/Settings.cxx
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ Settings::Settings(OSystem& osystem)
   setInternal("ramrandom", "true");
   setInternal("avoxport", "");
   setInternal("stats", "false");
-  setInternal("fastscbios", "false");
+  setInternal("fastscbios", "true");
   setExternal("romloadcount", "0");
   setExternal("maxres", "");
 
diff --git a/src/gui/VideoDialog.cxx b/src/gui/VideoDialog.cxx
index dec8a4c20..2b87da86c 100644
--- a/src/gui/VideoDialog.cxx
+++ b/src/gui/VideoDialog.cxx
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ void VideoDialog::setDefaults()
       myColorLoss->setState(false);
       myUIMessages->setState(true);
       myCenter->setState(false);
-      myFastSCBios->setState(false);
+      myFastSCBios->setState(true);
       break;
     }