diff --git a/gui/mainwindow.cpp b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
index e6efd50066d..e3d8ba461e7 100644
--- a/gui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1230,7 +1230,7 @@ bool MainWindow::getCppcheckSettings(Settings& settings, Suppressions& supprs)
     settings.debugwarnings = mSettings->value(SETTINGS_SHOW_DEBUG_WARNINGS, false).toBool();
     settings.quiet = false;
     settings.verbose = true;
-    settings.force = mSettings->value(SETTINGS_CHECK_FORCE, 1).toBool();
+    settings.force = mSettings->value(SETTINGS_CHECK_FORCE, 0).toBool();
     settings.outputFormat = Settings::OutputFormat::text;
     settings.jobs = mSettings->value(SETTINGS_CHECK_THREADS, 1).toInt();
     settings.certainty.setEnabled(Certainty::inconclusive, mSettings->value(SETTINGS_INCONCLUSIVE_ERRORS, false).toBool());