diff --git a/Mac/AppDefaults.swift b/Mac/AppDefaults.swift
index d38d065ec..fbc529dfd 100644
--- a/Mac/AppDefaults.swift
+++ b/Mac/AppDefaults.swift
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ final class AppDefaults {
 		static let timelineGroupByFeed = "timelineGroupByFeed"
 		static let detailFontSize = "detailFontSize"
 		static let openInBrowserInBackground = "openInBrowserInBackground"
-		static let subscribeToFeedsInNetNewsWire = "subscribeToFeedsInNetNewsWire"
+		static let subscribeToFeedsInDefaultBrowser = "subscribeToFeedsInDefaultBrowser"
 		static let articleTextSize = "articleTextSize"
 		static let refreshInterval = "refreshInterval"
 		static let addWebFeedAccountID = "addWebFeedAccountID"
@@ -107,12 +107,12 @@ final class AppDefaults {
 		}
 	}
 
-	var subscribeToFeedsInNetNewsWire: Bool {
+	var subscribeToFeedsInDefaultBrowser: Bool {
 		get {
-			return AppDefaults.bool(for: Key.subscribeToFeedsInNetNewsWire)
+			return AppDefaults.bool(for: Key.subscribeToFeedsInDefaultBrowser)
 		}
 		set {
-			AppDefaults.setBool(for: Key.subscribeToFeedsInNetNewsWire, newValue)
+			AppDefaults.setBool(for: Key.subscribeToFeedsInDefaultBrowser, newValue)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ final class AppDefaults {
 										Key.detailFontSize: FontSize.medium.rawValue,
 										Key.timelineSortDirection: ComparisonResult.orderedDescending.rawValue,
 										Key.timelineGroupByFeed: false,
-										Key.subscribeToFeedsInNetNewsWire: true,
+										Key.subscribeToFeedsInDefaultBrowser: false,
 										"NSScrollViewShouldScrollUnderTitlebar": false,
 										Key.refreshInterval: RefreshInterval.everyHour.rawValue,
 										Key.showDebugMenu: showDebugMenu]
diff --git a/Mac/Base.lproj/Preferences.storyboard b/Mac/Base.lproj/Preferences.storyboard
index c6fa7a8ae..9f9b2e431 100644
--- a/Mac/Base.lproj/Preferences.storyboard
+++ b/Mac/Base.lproj/Preferences.storyboard
@@ -190,7 +190,11 @@
                                             <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
                                         </buttonCell>
                                         <connections>
-                                            <binding destination="mAF-gO-1PI" name="value" keyPath="values.subscribeToFeedsInNetNewsWire" id="Q15-dB-PCt"/>
+                                            <binding destination="mAF-gO-1PI" name="value" keyPath="values.subscribeToFeedsInDefaultBrowser" id="rgT-1E-AoD">
+                                                <dictionary key="options">
+                                                    <string key="NSValueTransformerName">NSNegateBoolean</string>
+                                                </dictionary>
+                                            </binding>
                                         </connections>
                                     </button>
                                     <button verticalHuggingPriority="750" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="Yrc-6Q-kx8">
@@ -200,11 +204,7 @@
                                             <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
                                         </buttonCell>
                                         <connections>
-                                            <binding destination="mAF-gO-1PI" name="value" keyPath="values.subscribeToFeedsInNetNewsWire" id="Ikq-MR-S1U">
-                                                <dictionary key="options">
-                                                    <string key="NSValueTransformerName">NSNegateBoolean</string>
-                                                </dictionary>
-                                            </binding>
+                                            <binding destination="mAF-gO-1PI" name="value" keyPath="values.subscribeToFeedsInDefaultBrowser" id="Dnc-co-ppt"/>
                                         </connections>
                                     </button>
                                 </subviews>
diff --git a/Mac/SafariExtension/SafariExtensionHandler.swift b/Mac/SafariExtension/SafariExtensionHandler.swift
index b3c8cf828..14b9e8ad5 100644
--- a/Mac/SafariExtension/SafariExtensionHandler.swift
+++ b/Mac/SafariExtension/SafariExtensionHandler.swift
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ class SafariExtensionHandler: SFSafariExtensionHandler {
 	override func messageReceived(withName messageName: String, from page: SFSafariPage, userInfo: [String : Any]?) {
 		if (messageName == "subscribeToFeed") {
 			if var feedURLString = userInfo?["url"] as? String {
+				var openInDefaultBrowser = false
+
 				// Ask for the user default from NetNewsWire's defaults to determine whether to open the feed URL
 				// using whatever the system configured default is, or to always hard-code it to NetNewsWire itself.
 				if let pluginBundleID = Bundle.main.bundleIdentifier {
@@ -51,12 +53,14 @@ class SafariExtensionHandler: SFSafariExtensionHandler {
 					let hostAppBundleID = pluginBundleID.replacingOccurrences(of: ".Subscribe-to-Feed", with: "")
 
 					if let sharedDefaults = UserDefaults(suiteName: hostAppBundleID) {
-						let openInNNW = sharedDefaults.bool(forKey: "subscribeToFeedsInNetNewsWire")
-						if openInNNW {
-							feedURLString = feedURLString.replacingOccurrences(of: "feed:", with: "x-netnewswire-feed")
-						}
+						openInDefaultBrowser = sharedDefaults.bool(forKey: "subscribeToFeedsInDefaultBrowser")
 					}
 				}
+
+				if openInDefaultBrowser == false {
+						feedURLString = feedURLString.replacingOccurrences(of: "feed:", with: "x-netnewswire-feed")
+				}
+
 				if let feedURL = URL(string: feedURLString) {
 					NSWorkspace.shared.open(feedURL)
 				}
diff --git a/Multiplatform/Shared/AppDefaults.swift b/Multiplatform/Shared/AppDefaults.swift
index 193cd1a8a..861036520 100644
--- a/Multiplatform/Shared/AppDefaults.swift
+++ b/Multiplatform/Shared/AppDefaults.swift
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ final class AppDefaults: ObservableObject {
 		static let articleTextSize = "articleTextSize"
 		static let openInBrowserInBackground = "openInBrowserInBackground"
 		static let defaultBrowserID = "defaultBrowserID"
-		static let subscribeToFeedsInNetNewsWire = "subscribeToFeedsInNetNewsWire"
+		static let subscribeToFeedsInDefaultBrowser = "subscribeToFeedsInDefaultBrowser"
 		static let checkForUpdatesAutomatically = "checkForUpdatesAutomatically"
 		static let downloadTestBuilds = "downloadTestBuild"
 		static let sendCrashLogs = "sendCrashLogs"
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ final class AppDefaults: ObservableObject {
 		}
 	}
 
-	@AppStorage(wrappedValue: false, Key.subscribeToFeedsInNetNewsWire, store: store) var subscribeToFeedsInNetNewsWire: Bool {
+	@AppStorage(wrappedValue: false, Key.subscribeToFeedsInDefaultBrowser, store: store) var subscribeToFeedsInDefaultBrowser: Bool {
 		didSet {
 			objectWillChange.send()
 		}
diff --git a/Multiplatform/macOS/Preferences/Preference Panes/General/GeneralPreferencesView.swift b/Multiplatform/macOS/Preferences/Preference Panes/General/GeneralPreferencesView.swift
index 5342d1686..2ad76de9e 100644
--- a/Multiplatform/macOS/Preferences/Preference Panes/General/GeneralPreferencesView.swift	
+++ b/Multiplatform/macOS/Preferences/Preference Panes/General/GeneralPreferencesView.swift	
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ struct GeneralPreferencesView: View {
 			Toggle("Hide Unread Count in Dock", isOn: $defaults.hideDockUnreadCount)
 
 			Picker("Safari Extension:",
-				   selection: $defaults.subscribeToFeedsInNetNewsWire,
+				   selection: $defaults.subscribeToFeedsInDefaultBrowser,
 				   content: {
-					Text("Open feeds in NetNewsWire").tag(true)
-					Text("Open feeds in default news reader").tag(false)
+					Text("Open feeds in NetNewsWire").tag(false)
+					Text("Open feeds in default news reader").tag(true)
 				   }).pickerStyle(RadioGroupPickerStyle())
 		}
 		.frame(width: 400, alignment: .center)