diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/mastodon/helper/SpannableHelper.java b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/mastodon/helper/SpannableHelper.java
index 077136f7c..87cb773fb 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/mastodon/helper/SpannableHelper.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/mastodon/helper/SpannableHelper.java
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ public class SpannableHelper {
         } else {
             initialContent = new SpannableString(text);
         }
-        boolean markdownSupport = sharedpreferences.getBoolean(context.getString(R.string.SET_MARKDOWN_SUPPORT), true);
+        boolean markdownSupport = sharedpreferences.getBoolean(context.getString(R.string.SET_MARKDOWN_SUPPORT), false);
         //Get all links
         SpannableStringBuilder content;
         if (markdownSupport && convertMarkdown) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/pref_timelines.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/pref_timelines.xml
index ecf37ffd1..90ad7ca0c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/pref_timelines.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/pref_timelines.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
         app:title="@string/timeline_scrollbar" />
 
     <SwitchPreferenceCompat
-        android:defaultValue="true"
+        android:defaultValue="false"
         app:iconSpaceReserved="false"
         app:key="@string/SET_MARKDOWN_SUPPORT"
         app:singleLineTitle="false"