diff --git a/frontend/components/CellInput.js b/frontend/components/CellInput.js
index 5697db9cd5..6ec5b37b99 100644
--- a/frontend/components/CellInput.js
+++ b/frontend/components/CellInput.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ import { moveLineDown } from "../imports/CodemirrorPlutoSetup.js"
 
 export const ENABLE_CM_MIXED_PARSER = window.localStorage.getItem("ENABLE_CM_MIXED_PARSER") === "true"
 export const ENABLE_CM_SPELLCHECK = window.localStorage.getItem("ENABLE_CM_SPELLCHECK") === "true"
-export const ENABLE_CM_AUTOCOMPLETE_ON_TYPE = window.localStorage.getItem("ENABLE_CM_AUTOCOMPLETE_ON_TYPE") === "true"
+export const ENABLE_CM_AUTOCOMPLETE_ON_TYPE = window.localStorage.getItem("ENABLE_CM_AUTOCOMPLETE_ON_TYPE") !== "false"
 
 if (ENABLE_CM_MIXED_PARSER) {
     console.log(`YOU ENABLED THE CODEMIRROR MIXED LANGUAGE PARSER