diff --git a/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/AppGroup.swift b/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/AppGroup.swift
index d8543735b0..7358bfdc00 100644
--- a/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/AppGroup.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/AppGroup.swift
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public let groupAppDefaults: [String: Any] = [
     GROUP_DEFAULT_NTF_ENABLE_PERIODIC: false,
     GROUP_DEFAULT_NETWORK_USE_ONION_HOSTS: OnionHosts.no.rawValue,
     GROUP_DEFAULT_NETWORK_SESSION_MODE: TransportSessionMode.session.rawValue,
-    GROUP_DEFAULT_NETWORK_SMP_PROXY_MODE: SMPProxyMode.unknown.rawValue,
+    GROUP_DEFAULT_NETWORK_SMP_PROXY_MODE: SMPProxyMode.always.rawValue,
     GROUP_DEFAULT_NETWORK_SMP_PROXY_FALLBACK: SMPProxyFallback.allowProtected.rawValue,
     GROUP_DEFAULT_NETWORK_SMP_WEB_PORT_SERVERS: SMPWebPortServers.preset.rawValue,
     GROUP_DEFAULT_NETWORK_TCP_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_BACKGROUND: NetCfg.defaults.tcpConnectTimeout.backgroundTimeout,
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ public let networkSessionModeGroupDefault = EnumDefault<TransportSessionMode>(
 public let networkSMPProxyModeGroupDefault = EnumDefault<SMPProxyMode>(
     defaults: groupDefaults,
     forKey: GROUP_DEFAULT_NETWORK_SMP_PROXY_MODE,
-    withDefault: .unknown
+    withDefault: .always
 )
 
 public let networkSMPProxyFallbackGroupDefault = EnumDefault<SMPProxyFallback>(