diff --git a/src/history/HistoryFile.cpp b/src/history/HistoryFile.cpp
index abd5a2287..28783c6b8 100644
--- a/src/history/HistoryFile.cpp
+++ b/src/history/HistoryFile.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ HistoryFile::HistoryFile()
         }
 
         KConfigGroup configGroup = appConfig->group(QStringLiteral("FileLocation"));
-        if (configGroup.readEntry("scrollbackUseCacheLocation", false)) {
+        if (configGroup.readEntry("scrollbackUseCacheLocation", true)) {
             fileLocation = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::CacheLocation);
         } else if (configGroup.readEntry("scrollbackUseSpecifiedLocation", false)) {
             const QUrl specifiedUrl = KonsoleSettings::scrollbackUseSpecifiedLocationDirectory();
diff --git a/src/settings/konsole.kcfg b/src/settings/konsole.kcfg
index 00773635f..cc4358905 100644
--- a/src/settings/konsole.kcfg
+++ b/src/settings/konsole.kcfg
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
     </entry>
     <entry name="scrollbackUseCacheLocation" type="Bool">
       <label>For scrollback files, use user's specific folder location</label>
-      <default>false</default>
+      <default>true</default>
     </entry>
     <entry name="scrollbackUseSpecifiedLocation" type="Bool">
       <label>For scrollback files, use specified folder location</label>