diff --git a/packages/app/src/Login/MultiAccountStore.ts b/packages/app/src/Login/MultiAccountStore.ts
index 27461672..1ca4452b 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/Login/MultiAccountStore.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/Login/MultiAccountStore.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export class MultiAccountStore extends ExternalStore<LoginSession> {
         timestamp: 0,
       };
       v.extraChats ??= [];
-      v.preferences.checkSigs ??= true;
+      v.preferences.checkSigs ??= false;
       if (v.privateKeyData) {
         v.privateKeyData = KeyStorage.fromPayload(v.privateKeyData as object);
       }
diff --git a/packages/app/src/Login/Preferences.ts b/packages/app/src/Login/Preferences.ts
index f8cec937..4ef520a4 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/Login/Preferences.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/Login/Preferences.ts
@@ -110,5 +110,5 @@ export const DefaultPreferences = {
   telemetry: true,
   showBadges: false,
   showStatus: true,
-  checkSigs: true,
+  checkSigs: false,
 } as UserPreferences;