diff --git a/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/AppGroup.swift b/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/AppGroup.swift
index 933842e0cb..b3e729a67a 100644
--- a/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/AppGroup.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/AppGroup.swift
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public func registerGroupDefaults() {
         GROUP_DEFAULT_INCOGNITO: false,
         GROUP_DEFAULT_STORE_DB_PASSPHRASE: true,
         GROUP_DEFAULT_INITIAL_RANDOM_DB_PASSPHRASE: false,
-        GROUP_DEFAULT_PERFORM_LA: true,
+        GROUP_DEFAULT_PERFORM_LA: false,
         GROUP_DEFAULT_ALLOW_SHARE_EXTENSION: false,
         GROUP_DEFAULT_PRIVACY_LINK_PREVIEWS: false,
         GROUP_DEFAULT_PRIVACY_ACCEPT_IMAGES: true,