diff --git a/src/ui/DebugConsole.cc b/src/ui/DebugConsole.cc
index 7b0026fd9c581584f7c94381d8d68c167fb97f49..9237142da68d86e4a0c48924a9073953f2095278 100644
--- a/src/ui/DebugConsole.cc
+++ b/src/ui/DebugConsole.cc
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ DebugConsole::DebugConsole(QWidget *parent) :
     currLink(NULL),
     holdOn(false),
     convertToAscii(true),
-    filterMAVLINK(false),
+    filterMAVLINK(true),
     autoHold(true),
     bytesToIgnore(0),
     lastByte(-1),