diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/netguard/ServiceSinkhole.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/netguard/ServiceSinkhole.java
index b2f18bb4..7d84b3ba 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/netguard/ServiceSinkhole.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/netguard/ServiceSinkhole.java
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ public class ServiceSinkhole extends VpnService implements SharedPreferences.OnS
                 } else {
                     last_builder = builder;
 
-                    boolean handover = prefs.getBoolean("handover", false);
+                    boolean handover = prefs.getBoolean("handover", true);
                     Log.i(TAG, "VPN restart handover=" + handover);
 
                     if (handover) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml-v14/preferences.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml-v14/preferences.xml
index e7c2cb43..8c36bbf6 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml-v14/preferences.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml-v14/preferences.xml
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
                 android:key="filter_udp"
                 android:title="@string/setting_filter_udp" />
             <CheckBoxPreference
-                android:defaultValue="false"
+                android:defaultValue="true"
                 android:dependency="filter"
                 android:key="handover"
                 android:title="@string/setting_handover" />
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml-v21/preferences.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml-v21/preferences.xml
index f7dbe33a..9f4efa24 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml-v21/preferences.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml-v21/preferences.xml
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
                 android:key="filter_udp"
                 android:title="@string/setting_filter_udp" />
             <eu.faircode.netguard.SwitchPreference
-                android:defaultValue="false"
+                android:defaultValue="true"
                 android:dependency="filter"
                 android:key="handover"
                 android:title="@string/setting_handover" />