diff --git a/modules/shared.py b/modules/shared.py
index fdbab5c41..fa0804585 100644
--- a/modules/shared.py
+++ b/modules/shared.py
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ options_templates.update(options_section(('ui', "User interface"), {
     "font": OptionInfo("", "Font for image grids that have text"),
     "js_modal_lightbox": OptionInfo(True, "Enable full page image viewer"),
     "js_modal_lightbox_initially_zoomed": OptionInfo(True, "Show images zoomed in by default in full page image viewer"),
-    "js_modal_lightbox_gamepad": OptionInfo(True, "Navigate image viewer with gamepad"),
+    "js_modal_lightbox_gamepad": OptionInfo(False, "Navigate image viewer with gamepad"),
     "js_modal_lightbox_gamepad_repeat": OptionInfo(250, "Gamepad repeat period, in milliseconds"),
     "show_progress_in_title": OptionInfo(True, "Show generation progress in window title."),
     "samplers_in_dropdown": OptionInfo(True, "Use dropdown for sampler selection instead of radio group").needs_restart(),