diff --git a/src/common/rendering/v_video.cpp b/src/common/rendering/v_video.cpp
index 7991d1e5b62..24f3cf21c18 100644
--- a/src/common/rendering/v_video.cpp
+++ b/src/common/rendering/v_video.cpp
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ CUSTOM_CVAR(Int, vid_maxfps, 200, CVAR_ARCHIVE | CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG)
 	}
 }
 
-CUSTOM_CVAR(Int, vid_preferbackend, 1, CVAR_ARCHIVE | CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG | CVAR_NOINITCALL)
+CUSTOM_CVAR(Int, vid_preferbackend, 0, CVAR_ARCHIVE | CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG | CVAR_NOINITCALL)
 {
 	// [SP] This may seem pointless - but I don't want to implement live switching just
 	// yet - I'm pretty sure it's going to require a lot of reinits and destructions to
diff --git a/src/win32/QZDoomVR.bat b/src/win32/QZDoomVR.bat
index 244bae53afe..ae2a0e3da13 100644
--- a/src/win32/QZDoomVR.bat
+++ b/src/win32/QZDoomVR.bat
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ REM Change working folder to .bat location, so we can find the executable, even
 cd /d "%~dp0"
 REM Place extra arguments first, since that seems to work better for brutal doom pk3 file.
 qzdoom.exe %* ^
+ +vid_preferbackend 0 ^
  +vid_vsync false ^
  +vr_mode 10 ^
  +turbo 80 ^