diff --git a/.config/xournalpp/settings.xml b/.config/xournalpp/settings.xml
index 5100070..d53022f 100644
--- a/.config/xournalpp/settings.xml
+++ b/.config/xournalpp/settings.xml
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
     </data>
     <data name="pen">
       <attribute name="color" type="hex" value="ffc061cb"/>
-      <attribute name="drawingType" type="string" value="default"/>
+      <attribute name="drawingType" type="string" value="strokeRecognizer"/>
       <attribute name="fill" type="int" value="0"/>
       <attribute name="fillAlpha" type="int" value="128"/>
       <attribute name="size" type="string" value="MEDIUM"/>